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Title: After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
Post by: Redaktion on October 29, 2025, 20:58:38
After twenty years of research, astronomers have just discovered a planet which looks remarkably like Earth. And that's not all, because further studies will be needed to determine whether life has developed there.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/After-20-years-of-research-astronomers-discover-a-planet-that-looks-strangely-like-Earth.1150449.0.html
Title: Re: After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
Post by: The Werewolf on October 29, 2025, 21:55:51
Quotethat is twice as less hot

I appreciate these are translations, but that phrase is meaningless. You can't say "more less than" (ie: twice as less as hot) and even worse "x times less" unless you're comparing two things against a third.

Perhaps the translator meant "less than half as hot"?
Title: Re: After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
Post by: Fix It on October 30, 2025, 23:08:09
18 light years. Doh!
Title: Re: After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
Post by: Worgarthe on October 30, 2025, 23:50:56
Quote from: Fix It on October 30, 2025, 23:08:0918 light years. Doh!
18 million light-years. Just take a quick nap while you travel, and when you wake up, you'll already be there.
Title: Re: After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
Post by: Margaret Brauer on November 04, 2025, 18:27:05
If aliens visited Earth during WW1 or WW11, or one of the current conflict zones in the present time, I should think he/she/it would leave Earth in a hurry and alert other inhabited planets to steer clear of our planet for the foreseeable future!
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