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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Strange Yellow Glass in African Desert Traced Back to Extraterrestrial Impact

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Strange Yellow Glass in African Desert Traced Back to Extraterrestrial Impact

www.sciencealert.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya.
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    Yes, technically “the impact of a meteorite” would indeed be an extraterrestrial impact, but the implications of using that word are obvious, making this click bait.

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      i’m not comfortable with your nonchalance and complicit behavior with respect to the ancient yet ongoing and soon to become overwhelming alien bombardment we are currently facing as a planet

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      I was just about to start typing a comment along the lines of “come on now, you’re really stretching it thin here”. Then I took a second and realized that it really only means “not from earth” which yes, I guess any space rock is that.

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      Wouldn’t it only be an “extraterrestrial impact” if it didn’t occur on earth? If it happened here shouldn’t it be a terrestrial impact?

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        It’s an extraterrestrial object doing the impact. That’s what the headline is about, but they make it sound like aliens.

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    I’ve become numb to hyped headlines. ET didn’t crash land. Link to pdf of original article from 1933. no https for Italy?: http://www.qattara.it/DESERTO EGIZIANO_FILES/silica.pdf 1933 must be a record for resurrecting old news. sciencealert claims to be timely, ya right https://www.sciencealert.com/cannabis-use-linked-to-epigenetic-changes-scientists-reveal is 6 months old. At least they link to sources for further reading.

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    Clickbait title warning.

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