Posted by Chris Jensen |
May. 29, 2008 07:07AM PST
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If you've surfed a few major news outlets over the past 24-hours, you've no doubt seen a headline that indicates tomorrow, May 29, will witness the unveiling of a video that supposedly shows an extraterrestrial.
The headline has appeared everywhere from Drudge Report to Huffington Post, no doubt provoking a large amount of people to actually give credence to this tale. When you actually read the article, you find plenty of information that casts a negative light as to the authenticity of this claim.
Let's take a look.
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(Source: InfoAddict Original)
Tags extraterrestrial, et, colorado, jeff peckman, ufo
Posted by Chris Jensen |
Mar. 19, 2008 12:00PM PST
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FILED UNDER: News. Science.
It's long been theorized that farts are globally funny. No matter where you live, what language you speak, the simple act of hearing gas escape from an anus (preferably your own), is enough to evoke a minor amount of giggling, more so if you're easily amused. Why do I bring this up? Because methane, a key component in terrestrial farts, has been found on a planet 63 light years away. This marks the first time astronomers have detected the organic compound outside of our solar system. What's the significance? Well, it could mean something is living there and, like us, laughing at fart sounds.
But...probably not. From BBC:
Co-author Giovanna Tinetti from University College, London, told BBC News: "This planet is a gas giant very similar to our own Jupiter, but orbiting very close to its star. The methane here, although we can call it an organic constituent, is not produced by life - it is way too hot there for life."
Okay, well, it's not conclusive evidence that farts are universally funny, but it is evidence that we're getting ever closer to finding some kind of life out there, even if it's just a speck in a Petri dish.
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(Source: BBC News)
Tags detection, molecule, organic, extraterrestrial, methane, planets, space, astronomy
