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[–] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

Elise Cutts reports that its "just 146 light-years away." Just!

Approx 1.38 quadrillion kilometres

Like one light year is approx 9 trillion kilometres and yet we're still able to take a fricken observation of a planet 146x that incredible distance.