Not The Onion @lemmy.world return2ozma @lemmy.world 2 wk. ago

Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus

gizmodo.com Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus

The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.

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gizmodo.com /astronomers-found-something-cold-and-wet-near-uranus-2000518316

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I'm not a 12 yo boy, I'm not a 12 yo boy, I'm not a 12 yo boy
- Don't worry, the scientific community is working on getting it renamed to solve exactly this problem.
  
  It's going to be called "urectum".
  
  I'm a genuine proponent of renaming Uranus to "Caelus." It's the only planet (save earth) not named for a Roman god. It's named for a Greek god, and completely breaks the naming convention. Funny word play aside, I'd like to see it renamed Caelus.
  
  Rectum? Damn near killed em!
- Relax friend. You are safe. That was a long time ago and Father McCoy is not around anymore.
- pfft BWA-HAHAHAHHHAA
- ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- None of us are (hopefully). Doesn't make the joke any less funny to our 12 year old senses of humour.
Maybe it just got a kiss from Neptune
- Is that the Roman version of Poseidon’s kiss?
Heh. Asstronomers.
- eh. As no mer s: H-eh. As-stro-no-me-r-s.
  
  Am I doing it right?
Wet, I can understand. But cold?
- Ever driven 45 minutes home after bottoming? It get pretty cold before you get to a shower
  
  Things I never realized being a straight man
  
  Why would you not just shower afterwards?
- It is pretty close to where the sun doesn't shine.
- maybe it's a windy day
Shouldn't they be looking at the night sky, though?
not my anus
And that’s to say nothing of Uranus’ moons, of which there are nearly 30.

Damn. Surprised that many can last that long and not destroy each other.
- The gas Giants are huge, like really really huge. Jupiter and Saturn have more than that. The rings from Saturn are probably from moons, but not necessarily colliding, but getting close enough to the planet to reach the Roche Limit.
- These moons will destroy uranus
Nah that’s my wife, carry on
thats very poor choice of words
- thats very ~~poor~~ excellent choice of words
  
  They knew what they were doing
  
  !theyknew@lemmy.world
- 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 :)
Yeah, I felt it
get it? because it sounds like your anus pfhdtfht

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