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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lugh 3 points 1 month ago

It's fascinating we are living through a time when exoplanets are first being found . This planet is closer to its Red Dwarf star then Mercury is to our far far hotter G-type star. Still, the surface temperature is only 25 degrees Celsius above boiling point.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lugh 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On the galactic scale its the second-nearest star to us out of billions.