K-type star Memes

Astronomers' excitement levels depicted with perfect accuracy. Finding an exoplanet? Mildly interesting. Only 150 light years away? Getting warmer. Orbiting a K-type star? Now we're talking. But a 50% chance of being habitable? That's the astronomical equivalent of winning the cosmic lottery. Exoplanet hunters spend decades finding gas giants in hellish orbits, so HD 137010 b is basically their Super Bowl, World Cup, and Nobel Prize rolled into one. The red glowing eyes represent the collective fever dream of the entire SETI community.