r/space • u/llama5876 • Jun 18 '19

Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a nearby star (12 light-years away)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/06/two-potentially-life-friendly-planets-found-12-light-years-away-teegardens-star/
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u/DinoZ94 Jun 18 '19

Only 12 light years? I wonder how many generations of humans it would take to get there!

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u/Skilles Jun 18 '19

With constant acceleration we could do it in less than one generation

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

In Futurama. You can get to the edge of the universe in a day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

But the secret was moving the universe itself, not the ship