I’ve been meaning to tell you…

  • Rhaedas
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    5029 days ago

    It’s the moon Ariel, plus maybe a few others. Figured I’d put in comments what the article was about to balance out the name jokes. I used to try and pronounce it with the different accent, but I don’t bother now. It’s the name.

    On the actual topic, that’s fascinating that there’s enough gravitational force for Uranus to do what Jupiter does to its moons. Granted Ariel is a lot closer. We really need missions for each of these type moons to get under the ice and see what’s there.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      829 days ago

      Just read an article about ice under the surface of Mars, perhaps a whole oceans worth. There’s a lot of water out there I don’t know if it necessarily is going to translate into life but it’s cool to find. If nothing else it gives us options if we screw all ours up.

      • @Frozengyro
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        529 days ago

        Our water is already screwed up with micro plastics.

      • @[email protected]
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        428 days ago

        Not to rain on your parade but:

        https://phys.org/news/2024-08-scientists-oceans-mars-deep.html

        Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water—enough to fill oceans on the planet’s surface.

        It’s located in tiny cracks and pores in rock in the middle of the Martian crust, between 11.5 and 20 kilometers below the surface. Even on Earth, drilling a hole a kilometer deep is a challenge.

        Ain’t nobody getting to that water anytime soon.

      • @RememberTheApollo_
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        229 days ago

        We’re already screwing ours up and won’t be able to sufficiently use the option of any other planet before we implode.

        • @Cocodapuf
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          329 days ago

          Well with that attitude, the human race is already doomed. Might as well curl up into a hole and die…

          Or you know, lighten up, try to make a difference and build the future you want. Or keep bitching, your choice really.

    • @Dasus
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      228 days ago

      I used to try and pronounce it with the different accent, but I don’t bother now. It’s the name.

      Idk man, personally, I don’t think Uranus [yoor-uh-nuhs] sounds much like “your anus”, but the distinction might be smaller for certain dialects.

  • @Plopp
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    2229 days ago

    Are we about to discover the first extraterrestrial lifeforms around Uranus?

    • @danc4498
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      429 days ago

      I think it would be disappointing if we found an ocean world, but it had no life on it… though I hope we come prepared with some algae or something.

    • veee
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      129 days ago

      The “I told you so” energy would so be incredibly validating to 10 year-old me.

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    1729 days ago

    Stories like this are why I hope medical science finds a way to extend life expectancy. I’d love to get a few extra decades just to see the cool things that happen.

    • @WoahWoah
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      29 days ago

      I’ve got bad news about the future for you.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        29 days ago

        Whatever you think you know about the future, guaranteed you’re wrong.

        Your science is the best we got right now, just like the science was in the past. Your predictions are the best we got right now. Your cool shit’s going to look just as dumb to your grandchildren as those rubber monster suits in old movies. Your guesses about the future are going to look as dumb as an episode of the Jetsons.

        • @Xeroxchasechase
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          729 days ago

          Lets just hope that our grandchildren will laugh at our dumb predictions that human made climate change will cause a mass extintion event and destroy most of earth’s ability to sustain life

    • @Sterile_Technique
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      729 days ago

      I’m jealous of your optimism. I really hope the future aligns with your expectations, and not mine.

  • @rockSlayer
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    1229 days ago

    Try not to laugh at the name of the 7th planet challenge (impossible)

  • @mvirts
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    1129 days ago

    When NASA’s lookin in the sky and sees an ocean world nearby

    Diarrhea!

  • @[email protected]
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    729 days ago

    So that’s 3 of 4 gas giants that have possible ocean worlds in their orbits, Europa (also Callisto IIRC?), Enceladus, and now Ariel, any contenders around Neptune?