fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoAstronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like starwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up124
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minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months ago In space that is nearby. That was my point, Human scale vs astrophysical scale.
minus-squarebtaf45@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months ago100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood. It is 3x farther than even Arcturus.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months ago 100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood. Good thing I never said it was. In space that is nearby. Human scale vs astrophysical scale.
That was my point, Human scale vs astrophysical scale.
100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood. It is 3x farther than even Arcturus.
Good thing I never said it was.