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Super-Earth discovered in the "optimal" habitable zone of its star, TOI-715 b (www.earth.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology
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[–] Lath@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey, just here to mention a comment from a previous post.

Less like "Super-Earth", more like Super-Mars.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

How is it more like a super-Mars? Mars is smaller than Earth, whereas this is exoplanet is larger.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Less likely to have an atmosphere.

[–] Fleur__@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I like the idea of cool little dudes being there