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I went to Jodrell Bank a while back and listening to the scientists talking about the universe etc. did my head in.
The news that life might have been found 124 light years away is just beyond imagination. I can't even grasp have far a light year is and how anyone knows this
BBC News - Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b - BBC News

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

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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I went to Jodrell Bank a while back and listening to the scientists talking about the universe etc. did my head in.
The news that life might have been found 124 light years away is just beyond imagination. I can't even grasp have far a light year is and how anyone knows this
BBC News - Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b - BBC News

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

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

www.bbc.co.uk

I cannot even get my head around a light second 186,000 miles (or six time round the earth) there are more things in heaven and hell horatio