Gliese 12 b, a temperate Earth-sized planet at 12 parsecs discovered with TESS and CHEOPS ( mastodon.social )

MalReynolds , 1 month ago

Not horribly far away, I guess.

Cosmicomical , 1 month ago

Just far enough to be effectively unreachable, lol :(

NewNewAccount , 1 month ago

12 parsecs is about 40 light years.

The nearest star (Proxima Centauri) is 1.3 parsecs away.

The nearest galaxy (Andromeda) is over 700,000 parsecs away.

The scale of the universe is incomprehensible.