return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down18cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
minus-squareUnspokenIdiot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agothats very poor choice of words
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agothere was a poll among astronomers whether they should rename uranus, and they almost unanimously decided to keep it that way because it got funding just due to giggles.
minus-squarefluxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIn Futurama, they renamed it to Urectum :)
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agothats very poor excellent choice of words They knew what they were doing
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days ago!theyknew@lemmy.world
thats very poor choice of words
there was a poll among astronomers whether they should rename uranus, and they almost unanimously decided to keep it that way because it got funding just due to giggles.
In Futurama, they renamed it to Urectum :)
thats very
poorexcellent choice of wordsThey knew what they were doing
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