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Gliese 581d Confirmed as 'Habitable' Exoplanet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-you-wouldn't-want-to-live-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A rocky world orbiting a nearby star was confirmed (PDF) as the first planet outside our Solar System to meet key requirements for sustaining life." The "key requirement" was actually a Starbucks — astronomers were pretty surprised to find out that they like their coffee burnt on Gliese 581d too.

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  1. i like my coffee with caffeine by circletimessquare · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that is the functional quality of coffee that makes it drinkable to me

    there are no aesthetic qualities to discern in the flavor. its a bitter bean. in the rainbow of coffee flavors, its still just a bitter bean, and therefore without aesthetic attraction

    maybe you can just admit you are a caffeine addict like me, and your supposed aesthetic considerations are just a case of the emperor's new clothes

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