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# ![Lightyears Graphic](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/t:lightyears.png) Lightyears

Scientists spot potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, sparking excitement.  The AI industry is still light-years from making a profit, experts warn.

### About Lightyears
Social media engagement and discussion around space, astronomy, and related discoveries.  

### Insights [#](/topic/lightyears/insights)
- lightyears sentiment is up XXXXX% from the previous week.
- lightyears engagements is up XXXXXX% from the previous month.

### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/topic/lightyears/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lightyears/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lightyears/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXXXX +28%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXXX +435%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXX +59%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXX on 2025-01-05  
**1-Year Low**: XX on 2025-08-30  

| Social Network | X       | News | Reddit | TikTok  | YouTube |
| -------------- | -       | ---- | ------ | ------  | ------- |
| Engagements    | XXXXXXX | X    | XXXXX  | XXXXXXX | XXXXXX  |
  

  
  
### Mentions: XXX [#](/topic/lightyears/posts_active)
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![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lightyears/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lightyears/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXX  
**Daily Average**: XXX  
**6 Months**: XXXXX -XXXX%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXX +31%  
**1-Year High**: XXX on 2025-10-04  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-08-30  

| Social Network | X   | News | Reddit | TikTok | YouTube |
| -------------- | -   | ---- | ------ | ------ | ------- |
| Mentions       | XXX | X    | XX     | XXX    | XXX     |
  

  
  
### Creators: XXX [#](/topic/lightyears/contributors_active)
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![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lightyears/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lightyears/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Lightyears in the last XX hours which is down XX% from XXX in the previous XX hours
**Daily Average**: XXX  
**6 Months**: XXXXX -XXXX%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXX +37%  
**1-Year High**: XXX on 2025-06-30  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-08-30  

The most influential creators that mention Lightyears in the last XX hours

| Creator                                              | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                              | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@konstructivizm](/creator/twitter/konstructivizm)   | X    | XXXXXXX   | XX    | XXXXX       |
| [@WorldAndScience](/creator/twitter/WorldAndScience) | X    | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXX         |

[View More](/list/creators/lightyears/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX% [#](/topic/lightyears/sentiment)
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![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lightyears/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lightyears/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% +15%  
**1 Month**: XX% +2%  
**6 Months**: XX% +13%  
**1 Year**: XX% +59%  
**1-Year High**: XXX% on 2025-01-27  
**1-Year Low**: X% on 2025-01-05  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Space Exploration and Discovery:** (40%) Celebrating images of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes.
- **Potential Life on K2-18b:** (35%) Excitement surrounding the discovery of potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b.
- **The Universe and Interstellar Travel:** (15%) Discussions about the vastness of the universe and the challenges of interstellar travel.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Skepticism about K2-18b:** (1%)  Posts expressing skepticism or questioning the claims of potential life on exoplanet K2-18b.
- **Theme Park Injuries:** (0%)  Concerns about injuries at theme parks, specifically Disney World.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive | %   | Neutral | %   | Negative | %  |
| ------- | -------- | -   | ------- | -   | -------- | -  |
| X       | XXXXXX   | XX% | XXXXXX  | XX% | XXXXX    | X% |
| News    | X        | X%  | X       | X%  | X        | X% |
| Reddit  | XXXXX    | X%  | XX      | X%  | X        | X% |
| TikTok  | XXXXX    | X%  | XXXXXXX | XX% | XXX      | X% |
| YouTube | XXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXX  | X%  | XXXXXX   | X% |
|         |          |     |         |     |          |    |
| Total   | XXXXXX   | XX% | XXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXX   | X% |
  


**Top assets mentioned**
In the posts about Lightyears in the last XX hours

[The Walt Disney Company (DIS)](/topic/walt-disney)
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla)
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin)
[Quantum Computing Inc. Common (QUBT)](/topic/$qubt)
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[Black Eye Galaxy (BYG)](/topic/black-eye-galaxy)
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/$btc)
[Perimeter Solutions, SA (PRM)](/topic/$prm)
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
[Rollbit Coin (RLB)](/topic/$rlb)

**Top topics mentioned**
In the posts about Lightyears in the last XX hours

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### Top Social Posts [#](/topic/lightyears/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

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"Feast your eyes on a cosmic masterpiece from the Hubble Space Telescope: the dazzling spiral galaxy NGC 4731 twinkling XX million light-years away in the constellation Virgo This vibrant snapshot stitched together using six unique filters bursts with color revealing swirling clouds of gas shadowy dust lanes glowing pink star nurseries and a radiant elongated bar that steals the show with its trailing spiral arms.Barred spiral galaxies like NGC 4731 dominate the cosmic stage outnumbering regular spirals and ellipticals with about XX% of the galaxy population. That striking bar Its a celestial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1980433351418007690) [@konstructivizm](/creator/x/konstructivizm) 2025-10-21T00:38Z 769.6K followers, 11K engagements


"NASAs Hubble Space Telescope Captures NGC 685NGC XXX imaged by Hubble is a spiral galaxy located about XX million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The entire galaxy spans approximately 60000 light-yearslittle more than half the size of our Milky Way. The bright blue patches along the galaxy's arms are stellar clusters which are groups of stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Image Credit: NASA ESA and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1980429827917115804) [@konstructivizm](/creator/x/konstructivizm) 2025-10-21T00:24Z 769.6K followers, 5971 engagements


"NGC 2336 NGC 2336 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is located at a distance of circa XXX million light-years from Earth which given its apparent dimensions means is about XXXXXXX light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1876. Image Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope; Processing: NASA/Cristi Agapi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1980426304815264086) [@konstructivizm](/creator/x/konstructivizm) 2025-10-21T00:10Z 769.6K followers, 5693 engagements


"The Flame Nebula NGC 2024 Star Formation 1400 Light-Years Away 🌌"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=roplAb2IQS4) [@scenicmotionsomniverse](/creator/youtube/scenicmotionsomniverse) 2025-10-20T23:55Z 30.1K followers, 1741 engagements