fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoA rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it.mander.xyzimagemessage-square114linkfedilinkarrow-up1638arrow-down19
arrow-up1629arrow-down1imageA rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square114linkfedilink
minus-squareQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·4 days agowait is this real or a joke? do we have a new planet that I’ve never heard of??
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up68·4 days agoThis planet isn’t in our solar system. We’ve found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it’s a safe bet that there’s lots more of them than you’re aware of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4 days agoWe have discovered over 6000 exoplanets in total, and over 100 in this year. I’d be surprised if you knew of all of them
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoOh you wanna be an astronaut, kid? Name every exoplanet
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI mean… it’s definitely possible, I have seen a person naming every subdivision of the world, which is a bit less than the amount of exoplanets we know (~4000 vs. >6000), but only by 2000, so eventually some person will just do that.
minus-squarebelluck@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 days agoGalaxy, not Solar System. There are a lot of planets in our galaxy that you’ve probably never heard of
wait is this real or a joke? do we have a new planet that I’ve never heard of??
This planet isn’t in our solar system. We’ve found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it’s a safe bet that there’s lots more of them than you’re aware of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
We have discovered over 6000 exoplanets in total, and over 100 in this year. I’d be surprised if you knew of all of them
Oh you wanna be an astronaut, kid? Name every exoplanet
I mean… it’s definitely possible, I have seen a person naming every subdivision of the world, which is a bit less than the amount of exoplanets we know (~4000 vs. >6000), but only by 2000, so eventually some person will just do that.
Galaxy, not Solar System. There are a lot of planets in our galaxy that you’ve probably never heard of
Yep