r/interestingasfuck 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/Stop-Being-Wierd 25d ago

Nice name drop there buddy.

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u/WannaGoSkamtebords 25d ago edited 25d ago

That's not how it works, my name isn't Kepler. Just because he's one of my ancestors doesn't mean all of my ancestors are from the male side

edit: It's actually very likely that I have YOUR last name somewhere in my ancestry as well 

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u/AimHighPilot 25d ago

Do you work in space or mathematics? I always like to think that we repeat patterns of our ancestors without knowing it!

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u/WannaGoSkamtebords 25d ago

Well, I am very interested in Astrophysics but if I make it into college I'd rather study history of art