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Originally Posted by BadNick
This announcement/discovery doesn't really surprise me or impress me. With billions and billions and billions of galaxies, a large number will have stars with similar solar systems to what we have here. Some of those will have water, some might have life forms. Unless we find some loophole in physics that we don't know of now, we can't communicate with or get to any of these places. I think we might even find such a loophole/way to get there some day.
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This isn't in another galaxy. In fact, despite the article's claims, it's hardly even a distant corner of our own. Our galaxy spans 100 000 light years; 40 ly is a proverbial stone's throw. Still, you're right that it was really an inevitable discovery.
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