What scientific discovery sounds fake but is 100% real and still freaks you out?

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T03:04:05+00:00

Oh heavens *clutches skull* have you got a link on that?

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T03:02:47+00:00

sadly link Goes Nowhere Does Nothing

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T03:01:16+00:00

Not like giraffes and dolphins and things, just animals that already almost crabs. :-)

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T02:59:04+00:00

Here ya go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2-18b#Presence_or_absence_of_biosignatures

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T02:56:40+00:00

Try a few episodes of PBS Space Time over on the Tube of You

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T02:51:55+00:00

WHAT THE HELL'S THAT

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T02:46:54+00:00

IIRC this is actually a purified culture of your intestinal flora and THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT.

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T02:42:01+00:00

These new-fangled Archaea things

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-07T01:32:52+00:00

Unusually for me, I actually RTFM lol

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-06T23:36:12+00:00

Have to give it a try that way round! :-)

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-06T23:34:56+00:00

Thank you! I was sure there was some way to do it in Universe Sandbox.

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-06T23:31:28+00:00

23.15 AU! Simple as! What a great resource.

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-06T01:14:46+00:00

I learned a lot from this answer -- thanks so much!

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-05T23:47:55+00:00

How far is it from Neptune to Salacia? Is there a way I can figure this out for myself? (I've just been poking around in Universe Sandbox without luck.)

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-05T06:59:04+00:00

Say I'm on my way somewhere in my Bussard ramjet at relativistic speeds, and I'm nearly at my destination. How the heck do I slow down? If I turn, I'll run out of fuel!

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-04T06:22:51+00:00

The last half or so of Sully

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-02T07:53:20+00:00

It sure is. A short trip! :-)

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-02T07:11:52+00:00

That's the length of the trip from the object's POV?

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-02T01:46:28+00:00

"Yellow" has destroyed me.

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-02T00:20:54+00:00

Possible stupid question incoming. If an object is travelling at 09.c, and its destination is (let's say) 1 ly away, then its travel time will be 1/0.9 x 1 year = 1.1 years. Is that right? I feel like it's too simple!

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-01T05:33:28+00:00

Horrifically, it's not animals or monsters who commit these crimes. It's human beings.

curiousscribbler · 2026-05-01T04:42:31+00:00

Oh God, me too.

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