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A diverse cast of rocky worlds around a small star revealed by astronomers
- osti 1y agoIs it time to send Matt Damon?
- jonathanlydall 1y agoAs this would be interstellar, he may not turn out to be best example of humanity to send.
- bobthecowboy 1y agoAlso, sending Matt Damon places usually seems to involve a pretty expensive and involved rescue mission later...
- showmexyz 1y agoBetter send some high school teacher.
- layer8 1y agoRelevant news is that a fifth planet was confirmed in the habitable zone: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06413 https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06413 https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09343 https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09343
- searine 1y agoFunded by taxpayers via 11 grants split between Canadian government agencies and foundations, US NASA programs, and European Southern Observatory telescope time.
- Tepix 1y agoIt‘s only 35 light years away!
- zabzonk 1y agoSo near and yet so far.