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@lemmy.world
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    1 month 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.