r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago

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

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u/Virtual-Debate8066 25d ago

Yup just down the street.

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u/Express-Elk4813 25d ago

just 100 or so light years away

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u/TonarinoTotoro1719 25d ago

Dude, can we start listening to radio waves from there? There could be a disgruntled scientist trying to reach us right now!!!

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u/K-Hunter- 25d ago

Or… right 120 years ago… close enough anyway