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Many stories about newfound planet Gliese 12b (including the news release from the Royal Astronomical Society, sad to say) are full of errors.

We have NO idea yet what conditions are like there. That's what makes it so exciting! This is the kind of discovery that will provide big answers.

#space #science #astronomy #planets #NASA

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Exciting space-discovery alert!

Gliese 12 b is an Earth-size planet orbiting in the temperate zone around a nearby, stable red dwarf star. It's a Rosetta Stone world that will tell us a lot about how many superficially earthlike planets actually have the right conditions for life.

Are we rare? Are we common? Let's find out.

birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/nas #space #science #astronomy #astrodon #life #aliens

Instant messaging client ICQ will stop working from June 26, recommends users migrate to messaging platforms from parent company VK; ICQ had 100M users in 2001 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

pcmag.com/news/icq-one-of-the-
techmeme.com/240524/p20#a24052

Heh, after the breakfast bomb this morning, my palate is all "I need salty. Salty soup. Nothing else. Just salty soup."

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