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Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] UnspokenIdiot@lemmy.wtf 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

thats very poor choice of words

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thats very ~~poor~~ excellent choice of words

They knew what they were doing

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

!theyknew@lemmy.world

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] fluxx@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

In Futurama, they renamed it to Urectum :)