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NASA Exoplanets

10:13 PM · Nov 8, 2022

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Come on NASA there’s got to be Futurama fans there, can we get an exoplanet named Dogdoo 8

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Talk to

! They are the ones who bestow so-called fanciful names!

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My fave subject ❤️

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Same!

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@Abhsihe79408253

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I know your hardships

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incredible!

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Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile

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Is there a only penguin planet?

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Will you go into explaining how you identify the chemical composition of the newly discovered planets? Do you have anything in the works to send a spacecraft to any of the exoplanets that may have life? I hope that will be in my lifetime.

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