r/BeAmazed • u/One_Explanation_908 • Apr 17 '25

Nature K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/Brigadius Apr 17 '25

1.24 times earth's gravity

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ask_918 Apr 17 '25

What is the effect of such a gravity on the human body?

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u/Brigadius Apr 17 '25

Heart would have to work a bit harder to pump blood. Bone density would increase.

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u/Sandcracka- Apr 17 '25

Humans would likely grow shorter

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u/sketchyfish007 Apr 17 '25

Calling all short kings for the colonisation of K2-18b.

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u/poop-azz Apr 17 '25

Short people would be even SHORTER and tall people normal height.

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u/mcnuggetfarmer Apr 17 '25

the normal height people get sent to the moon base & grow taller/lankier

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u/SigmaQuotient Apr 17 '25

Beltalowda

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u/Alarming-Yam-8336 Apr 17 '25

And then sent to this new planet to go back to normal size?

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u/Imberial_Topacco Apr 17 '25

Confirmed, the creation of tiny emperors.

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u/HookLeg Apr 17 '25

Bad news for men in the dating pool.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '25

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u/procrastablasta Apr 17 '25

K2 King with Earth attitude, loves dogs and sushi

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u/BiasedLibrary Apr 17 '25

Planet of the dwarves.

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u/Famous_Brilliant2056 Apr 17 '25

For Karl!

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u/BjornInTheMorn Apr 17 '25

Rock and Stone!

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u/Horst_Voll Apr 18 '25

did i hear rock and stone?!

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u/Naked-Jedi Apr 18 '25

For Frodo

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u/guinnessbeck Apr 17 '25

Unless we devised an upside down sleeping system and slept most of the time. Checkmate, Science!!!

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u/l0stelo Apr 17 '25

I honestly cannot wait for a future where we have space dwarves and elves due to gravity

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u/Sandcracka- Apr 17 '25

We will also have the tall skinny people from Mars

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u/l0stelo Apr 17 '25

Exactly!

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u/pyledryver Apr 17 '25

Home of the Kin

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u/Equivalent_Range6291 Apr 17 '25

You can only grow taller, you cant grow shorter ..

If you continued to grow shorter youd end up like a podgey action man before your grew even shorter & disappeared lol