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Three planets and two stars adds up to one research team made very happy by Kepler's unique discovery

ProperDave
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> Located about 3,340 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation

These figures always make my heart sink, given that vast distance.

Whats the top speed of our best spacecraft right now? Something like 36,000years/per light year?

It'd take almost the entirety of known human existence to reach our closest neighbour in Alpha Centauri, just 4 light years away. :(

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