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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by modzu on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:23AM (#20213320)
well even our deep space observations are largely computed. nobody has "seen" these 2 planets at all ;)
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by gameswithgo on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @12:07PM (#20214632)
what does seeing mean? does it have to involve photons? can gravity work as well? sensors and computation are always involved, nothing is directly seen.
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