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I was really sad to hear that it was 2,000 light years away. However, this discovery still helps us understand what planetary systems are possible.



At this point, it really doesn't matter how far anything is - with the tech available to us in the here and now, anything more than a few years' journey (at conventional speeds even, not in lightyears) is just too far.

Whatever breakthrough it is that'll let us get half a lightyear away will get us to 2,000 lightyears away. But until then, nada.

Think of all this as an over-eager child researching what his parents (errr, Santa, I mean) will get him for next Christmas 11 months from now - planning and fantasizing about every last detail, even though there's just no rushing it.




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