Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth

Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by delecti on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:09PM (#13708247)

As far as we know, as long as you don't actually reach light speed (which is currently thought to be impossible anyway) you can pretty much get as close as you want and be fine.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by wallace_f on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:32PM (#13708449)

Thanks. It's quite counter intuitive to think about. You'd be going along at 99.99999999999999999999999999999999% and then hit that last bit and poof now I'm photons.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Scarblac on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:07PM (#13708727)

Well, achieving that "last bit" takes an infinite amount of energy, so it's not surprising that that has some effect.

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