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Analyst7 t1_j3h1440 wrote

Just around the corner, how have we not noticed it before?

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UrsusRomanus t1_j3h1wav wrote

It had its hair up and was wearing glasses.

Right now a lot of exoplanets we found are big and have tight quick orbits around smaller stars. It makes them easier to see.

As we get better tools and understanding and have more time up observe we'll find more solar systems that resemble our own.

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ItsYaBoySkinnyPen15 t1_j3h83ch wrote

Just like how weird a fancy enough telescope we realized that most of the Dots of light out in the cosmos arnt actually stars but entire galaxies. We likely can’t see individual stars that don’t exist in Our galaxy

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mfb- t1_j3hxqhg wrote

No transits, and their low mass means they produce small radial velocity changes. The star is pretty dim, too.

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Digg_it_ t1_j3h44z9 wrote

Google says at current standards, it would take 281,000 years to get there. Space is big.

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mrpoops t1_j3h6rdh wrote

If you drop nukes from the back of a spacecraft and you have a big pusher shield/shock absorber thing on the back you can get to like 1/4 the speed of light.

So, in theory, we could get there in a lifetime.

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TheLit420 t1_j3h87nt wrote

M-star = the planets are going to lack atmospheres.

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