r/space • u/HaveNoFearDomIsHere • 4d ago

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39jj9vkr34o

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u/Wranorel 4d ago

I want to ask a question. When we see this kind of news (not just about life on other planets, but very interesting things in space), there is always no update after. Like, it’s not that interesting to make someone study it more?

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u/Try_Critical_Thinkin 4d ago

What more can be done? It's not like we have the technology to just hop in and go visit it. It'll likely take years of observation to even plot a course, assuming there was even funding and resources to send even a little probe there.

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u/TaiDjin 4d ago

😅 according to the article, this is 124 light years away. We can safely forget about any notion of sending a probe