“It’s amazing. It’s like a little treasure trove that takes us back to the start of the solar system,” said Dr Ashley King, a planetary scientist who will work on the grains at the museum. “I can’t wait to get my hands on them and see what we can learn about the early solar system.”
… are ecstatic because they discovered …
well, nothing yet.
A computer simulation says spiral galaxies on a plane bang into each other and result in more elliptical galaxies. Ours hasn’t banged into anyone else yet, that the computer simulation knows about.
The described impact of one of those particles got me thinking… I wonder how many “ghostly” encounters have been recorded in history that could be attributed to one of these particles actually hitting someone? I’ve seen several things on TV where the recorded sensation was like being punched in the gut, or ‘god’ tapping someone on the shoulder and driving them forward. However I’m a bit confused from the article – I’m not sure if this particle would travel right through you since it’s subatomic, or if it would actually feel like something hit you. Still, it’s fun to ponder.
These particles split into a crap ton of lower energy ones when they hit the edge of the atmosphere, nothing that makes it to humans has enough energy to be felt, even if they interact with you. (they probably won’t)
I’ve seen a Veritasium video about this where he said you can see flashes of light if these particles hit your retinas while your eyes are closed.
Apparently astronauts experience this a lot
What if we originated on Venus? Then came to Earth as our ancestors messed up that planet. And we came here so we wouldn’t make the same mistake again? What if we are aliens that have the capability to know enough about science to be dangerous to the planets in the universe? Maybe reincarnation is simply finding a new planet to start over on, so that one day we can become decent enough to keep a planet going? /s
It is by definition not sarcasm. So it doesn’t need a /s
Sarcasm usually involves saying the opposite of what you really mean. But it’s hard to infer from text so you add the /s so people don’t downvote because they think you are serious.
I.e. the OC is soo sarcastic /s or Trump is a once in a generation genius!! /s
I don't think you've quite understood '/s'. The author was not serious with his post and indicated this fact with '/s'. By definition it is sarcasm as that's what the author defined it as.
It would make for a pretty cool setting for a story though. Set in the near future, first crewed missions to Venus find petroglyphs recording the last days of their ancestors
I’ve watch and read various version of Devilman, I enjoyed the series… But I could never remember the main plot or story, only the memes stuck to my brain.
At the end he fights Satan for an endless eternity, using a diminishing supply of other willing demons as spare body parts as he wears all his limbs out.
The shocks of their battle cause irreparable damage to Earth, and the last of humanity to perish with it.
At the end, he lies limbless, dead or comatose next to Satan on the moon, who asks him almost child-like for closure.
White glowing meteorites presumably sent from God crash into the Earth, wiping all demonic (and presumably all) life from it, similar to the book of revelations
You can’t do that because it will physically fall apart. That’s the main issue with boosting it up higher and just leaving it there. It was never designed to be existing for a thousand years, and eventually wear and tear will make the station naturally break apart. It’s significantly more dangerous for small fragments to drop over time as compared to a deorbit and decomm. At least the deorbit is planned, while the disintegration would be pretty random and not fun to deal with.
You can’t do that because it will physically fall apart.
Don’t know where you ever got that idea. It raises and lowers itself all of the time these days to avoid debris.
It could easily be raised to 2-5000 miles by adding energy from a similar small engine (with a decent-sized fuel tank) over a few months/years.
‘Wear and tear’ from what? Micrometeorites? The orbits of any ‘small fragments’ (of what?) would decay very slowly and instantly burn-up many centuries later.
The writing is at morning program levels of goofiness; it’s jarring. At 17 kg this meteorite would be worth over a million USD if it was gold. It’s like the writer is taking a piss at the poor guy who hoped to get some money out of it.
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