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[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 97 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Is the planet special or is it a bait headline?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 111 points 10 months ago (9 children)

6.9 times larger than earth

Fucking exo-planet

is it even special though

What a time to be alive

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 34 points 10 months ago

For real. Confirming the existence of any exo planet is a huge technological feat and yet now it's happening non stop. The first ever confirmed exo planet was 1995 and now we've got a catalog of almost 6,000 confirmed. Wild times!

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