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 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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