[sunnykerr]

Science and Technology Lovers Thread #6

[sunnykerr]

Same here too! Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What's behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped? Here is a cosmic mystery! (...) Apparently the star has dust!

That's amazing, considering I've only ever heard of stars being made of fire or ice. Dust is new.

Of course, scientifically, we're all made of star dust. So I guess it should not be that much of a surprise.

[Firecrest]

TFTNT!

Love the OP!

For sure!

Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says

Scientists agree!

[sunnykerr]

I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it seems so obvious to me that the pandemic came from human intervention....

whether because we're encroaching on wildlife spaces, global warming's making it impossible for wildlife to stay away from human populations, globalization making it easier for viruses to spread, etc.

that I really don't understand the idea that Covid-19 would have come from a lab. You'd had to work so much harder for that to be the cause.

And, honestly, even if it had, that's still human meddling.

[Firecrest]

Yup. It came from bats.

[sunnykerr]

It came from human proximity to bats. Bats have probably had such coronaviruses for eons and it never affected us.

[Firecrest]

For sure.

[sunnykerr]

'Planet killer' near-Earth asteroid spotted, the largest in 8 years

So that's a bit nervy, but I suppose we'll be fine.

[Firecrest]

Glad we are safe!

[sunnykerr]

Enough problems at home already.

[Firecrest]

For sure!

Here’s the James Webb telescope’s first direct image of an exoplanet

It looks like there is a new picture of an exoplanet!

[sunnykerr]

What's an exoplanet?

I know I knew what that is at some point, but now I can't remember...

[Firecrest]

It is a planet this is not in our solar system!

[sunnykerr]

Right! Yes.

So, basically, most planets.

[Firecrest]

Yup!