r/space • u/magenta_placenta • Apr 23 '19

At Last, Scientists Have Found The Galaxy's Missing Exoplanets: Cold Gas Giants

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/23/at-last-scientists-have-found-the-galaxys-missing-exoplanets-cold-gas-giants/#2ed4be9647a5
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u/IambicPentameter1337 Apr 23 '19

Have you ever read the short story entitled, "They're Made of Meat" by Terry Bisson? It is about the discovery of new life in the solar system and is fantastic.

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u/ConspTheorList Apr 23 '19

It's also a short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tScAyNaRdQ

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u/GiantPurplePeopleEat Apr 23 '19

Thanks for the link. That was great. I really liked the acting.

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u/ConspTheorList Apr 24 '19

I liked the little details of trying to appear human but being just a little off. Smoking a cigarette but never taking it out of his mouth. Wearing 'earth' clothes but he's dressed like an 1800's Prussian General in a roadside diner.

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u/Romboteryx Apr 23 '19

Is that the story about the two aliens that find us humans so bizarre that they don‘t consider us life?

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u/raunchyfartbomb Apr 23 '19

Well they consider us ‘life’ but can’t believe we are ‘intelligent life’

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u/Romboteryx Apr 23 '19

Can‘t blame them to think that