Corey S Powell (@[email protected])
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Attached: 1 image If you're the kind of person who likes to go deep, I got you. The full research paper is freely available online, providing the technical details of how astronomers found the Earth-size planet Gliese 12b, and what we really do (and do not) know about it. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/531/1/1276/7679807 #space #science #astronomy #astrodon
  • @NewNewAccount
    17•7 months ago

    12 parsecs is about 40 light years.

    The nearest star (Proxima Centauri) is 1.3 parsecs away.

    The nearest galaxy (Andromeda) is over 700,000 parsecs away.

    The scale of the universe is incomprehensible.

    • @Cosmicomical
      3•7 months ago

      Just far enough to be effectively unreachable, lol :(

      • @KISSmyOSFeddit
        4•7 months ago

        With current tech we could easily get there in under 200000 years!

        • @Cosmicomical
          3•7 months ago

          Hmm I like your can-do attitude, but does the current tech include food and energy to actually have someone alive on the ship when it reaches destination? I doubt it, unfortunately.

        • @Num10ckEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          toss some tardigrades over there

      • @[email protected]
        1•7 months ago

        I’ve been listening to a lot of Terrence Howard, and now believe we’re within a few years of FTL travel. Just need to get some NASA scientists to start listening to a B list actor.