A diverse cast of rocky worlds around a small star revealed by astronomers
nouvelles.umontreal.ca92 points by layer8 3 days ago
92 points by layer8 3 days ago
Relevant news is that a fifth planet was confirmed in the habitable zone:
Funded by taxpayers via 11 grants split between Canadian government agencies and foundations, US NASA programs, and European Southern Observatory telescope time.
Is it time to send Matt Damon?
As this would be interstellar, he may not turn out to be best example of humanity to send.
Also, sending Matt Damon places usually seems to involve a pretty expensive and involved rescue mission later...