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To paraphrase Pratchett: million to one chances happen nine times out of ten. Space is big, really big, etc. so it's no surprise we've found something like th
by DrBazza 3y ago
To paraphrase Pratchett: million to one chances happen nine times out of ten.
Space is big, really big, etc. so it's no surprise we've found something like this just through chance alone. One of the planets is probably Bethselamin.
- cbsmith 3y agoYeah... feels like someone isn't familiar with the law of large numbers...
- empath-nirvana 3y agoI think it's mostly that people didn't read the article. The planets are interesting to study because of the angle we're looking at them and for no other reason. They happened to be aligned in such a way that we can get interesting measurements from them.
- UberFly 3y agoYea the headline is misleading making it sound like the planet orbits were engineered.