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# science
How do we know what happened billions of years ago in distant galaxies? Because physics only lets us see the past.
# space
There's much more to whether a planet is habitable than its distance from a star...
# space
The universe can kill you in a lot of ways. And all of them are amazingly entertaining...
# space
Gas giants with an extremely eccentric orbit seem to have very wild and destructive years...
# space
The concept of a habitable zone is useful, but too vague to mean much when we're looking for alien life.