return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down16cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkAstronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
minus-squareUnspokenIdiot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 hours agothats very poor choice of words
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours 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-up3·9 hours agoIn Futurama, they renamed it to Urectum :)
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 hours agothats very poor excellent choice of words They knew what they were doing
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