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- didgital, on 10/11/2007, -2/+83Dugg for the author still calling Pluto a planet.
- pencapchew3, on 10/11/2007, -8/+55sharks with frickin lazers attached to their heads... i suspect.
- thebellmaster1x, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28"The water appears to be spewing up through cracks in the surface, producing spectacular geysers that instantly freeze, creating showers of ice."
...That sounds REALLY awesome. - blaaguuu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25We're whalers on Pluto's moon. We carry a harpoon. But there ain't no whales, so we tell tall tales and sing a whaling tune.
- iamnos, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Simply put, if life, even micro organisms exist on other planets (asteroids, comets, moons, whatever) then the idea that life is a complete fluke on Earth is less likely. Which means, there is likely more life out there, and possibly much more advanced life.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16"One might speculate that some sort of life could exist in an underground ocean, surviving on energy from natural radioactivity."
One might speculate that some sort of life could exist in an underground ocean, surviving on Kit-Kat bars and diet colas, too. - rspeed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Would that make Europa a planet, too?
Oh, right... water has absolutely nothing to do with being a planet! - RainDrizzleFog, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9It said Pluto's moon may have water.
- snojoex, on 10/11/2007, -7/+15Yeah, I'm assuming this will get it's planethood back... oh, sue it for being small and in the way of another planet's orbit, but it has water?! Now it's on.
- rspeed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!
- hydroplane, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5That's it. The Rebels are there.
- ScrumFritter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5How pissed off will life on Pluto be when it finds out that we don't even classify their home world as a planet? This is how wars start, people!
- sgtbutterscotch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5why does the title say "Water on Pluto sparks hopes of marine life" and the summary disagrees?
- hayseed, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5im in ur underground ocean...
- KennMac, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5We haven't visted ANY planets, you dimwit.
- Inverno, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3The next ice moon we find needs to be called Hoth. Where's the petition?
- Panthereater, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3That's what we get for digging down Pluto
- KennMac, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4shootin ur ice geysers.
- FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3New ice source to combat global warming
- benonymous, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Haha, perfect response. Sentences like "One might speculate that some sort of life could exist" are considered scientific statements? Give me a break.
- mos6507, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2You don't think finding microbes would be a big deal in and of itself? You've been watching too much Star Trek.
- FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2You new here expecting some sort of correlation between title, summary, and article.
"Get used to disappointment" - LonesomeFighter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i think we need global warming in order to combat it.
- ronster72, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Give back Plutos planet status!
- monkeyboy7706, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2So Pluto got downgraded to a dwarf planet but its moon gets to remain a moon and not a dwarf moon?
- monkeyboy7706, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Otherwise known as Snow?
- MacGyver2210, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1No, they said pluto's moon might have water... /sarcasm
- robmoff2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1A limerick about spacewhalers... God i love the internets
- hockey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1This is probably where that giant squid in the right siderail came from.
- Rahodeb, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3You're right, there couldn't possibly be anything of scientific value in studying alien lifeforms. Nor would there be any religious implications...
- YuriSakazaki, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Does this give Pluto leverage in gaining its planet status back?
- LonesomeFighter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1one of the states (new mexico?) still recognizes and teaches Pluto as a planet, despite the rest of the world saying it's not.
- mortigon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1My point is how in the world are we going to transport Microbes from Pluto to study
- Herolint, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Why would there be any religious implications? I don't recall the Bible saying anything about God only creating life on Earth. In fact, I believe it says quite the contrary.
Personally, I see no reason why science and theology should be mutually exclusive, but I understand many people do. - miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Maybe the Christian Fundamentalist got to them....does that make any sense?
Pluto will always be planet in my books! MMMWWHHAHHAAAA - thatsPipe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Pluto might not be a planet but it is still a MINOR planet, meaning it is still quite posible for it to have a moon, maybe even more. People can still call Pluto a planet because they technically won't be wrong but if they want to be seen as having any sort of opinion in scientific matters, they should adopt the standards put forth by the scientific community and start refering to Pluto correctly as just a minor planet.
- snojoex, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Haha, love Futurama references. Dugg just for that, you rock.
- FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2"...that's an Aquarium"
- diggstech, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That would not be very hard assuming you could get a sampling device to the liquid part of planet. A small sample, a few mLs at most could readily transported in a small spacecraft, and of course freezing the sample would be easy once the sampling robot returned to the surface of Charon. There are people designing drilling robots to try and sample the ocean believed to lie below Europa's ice covered surface. Assuming they pull it off, Charon could be next.
- miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1FTA: "Pluto's moon Charon may have an underground ocean of liquid water". Still a good place to import fish from I bet.
- Metasquares, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If there is, it would lend credence to the hypothesis that life not only can but *does* exist on other planets. Then we can move on to supporting or refuting more important questions, like "can that life be intelligent?" without having to wonder whether it can exist at all.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Photos? Is it just me or is it odd that although the only photos I've ever seen of Pluto are extremely grainy or artist's conceptions, they're being able to see patches of water CRYSTALS on its moon???
"Using Hawaii's giant Gemini Telescope, the astronomers found that the 1200 kilometre-wide moon is covered in patches of water crystals, and ammonia hydrates. The crystals appear fresh, suggesting ice geysers, or ice volcanoes, must be erupting every few hours or days." - sylox, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Looks like I found a new vacation spot...I suppose i should take a jacket
- InvertedDonkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1maybe we shouldn't have excommunicated it.
- baseballpm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Why would HeyZeus Christo put life on Pluto...seriously now
- LeberMac, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Good One, Capo.. ++digg
- miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I did that once--left a "period" because I had no reply. You can just hit "reply" again, and you're off the hook.
But what I REALLY wanted to say was "AWESOME NEWS! We can stop importing from China! - FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -4/+4So Pluto's moon gets promoted to 'planet'
- Bamborzled, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Obviously the Garden of Eden was actually in Pluto. Then when Adam and Eve ate the apple God decided to move them out into Earth in rage. Then he turned Pluto into a barren wasteland but he forgot to remove the water on its moon.
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