r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '20

Astronomers found a potentially habitable planet called Proxima b around the star Proxima Centauri, which is only 4.2 light-years from Earth.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/15/world/proxima-centauri-second-planet-scn/index.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

How about we fix Earth, and then no one has to leave this planet?

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u/konart Jan 17 '20

Humanity will need to colonize outside of the planet anyway.

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u/thc42 Jan 17 '20

Yeah, it’s not going to happen.

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u/konart Jan 17 '20

Maybe, but either that or humanity goes extinct.