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James Web telescope finds giant question mark galaxy in deep space.

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[-] roastgoat@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago
[-] theodewere@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

that's the intro quest in the tutorial.. and it's 16 billion light years away.. thanks Universe devs..

[-] dilligasatall@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

If that's the tutorial quest I don't think I want to see the final boss.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Achievement Unlocked!

Travel 100 light years from your planet of origin.

[-] Screwthehole@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Lemmy just hit a new high today. As I came in to post this, I found it as the top comment. Very old-reddit! Good job.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's getting better. The top hour, 6 hours etc. has helped a ton too.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Old Reddit would have an expert as the top comment instead of a joke. That's something to strive for.

[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 55 points 1 year ago

Quiet the hell down before it goes to '!'

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Huh? What was that noise?

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Everyone, quick! Crouch behind a barrel!

[-] wabafee@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago

It's an unloaded texture

[-] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 33 points 1 year ago

I enjoy the jokes, but has anyone given an explanation of what it likely is?

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Seems like merging galaxies. It’s too far away to be a single star being eaten by a companion. (It’d have the six-sided star mirror artifact if it were closer.) And galaxies temporarily form weird shapes as they merge

Just speculation but it would be totally plausible for a helix shaped galaxy or star (possibly being pulled into a black hole) oriented from an odd angle, with either a gap or a cloud of some sort blocking one part of it and it just happens to look like a common glyph.

But I'm no starologist

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Could also be two or more systems colliding with each other. Similar to this

[-] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wanted to guess gravitational lensing, but couldn't see how that would make a question mark.. it's still pretty cool!

[-] epicsninja@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Looks like we're about to unlock a new galaxy.

[-] ayyndrew@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You must construct additional pylons

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago
[-] canitendtherabbits@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

More likely someone trying to invoke the improbability drive

[-] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago
[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If they look just a little further they're bound to find some galaxies smeared into the phrase "WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE"

[-] aaaantoine@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

The Riddler has taken his antics into intergalactic space

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

That message was sent specifically for us. Like, "We've been watching your civilization for the last 50 earth cycles. WTF?"

Excellent shitpost by deep space

[-] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It's a collectible. You can get the new dlc free if you collect 50 of them

[-] ooboontoo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Growing up I really enjoyed the Riddler episodes of the animated Batman series.

[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Next we'll find a big CHA- etched onto some moon...

[-] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The aliens are questioning our societal decisions

[-] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Dr Evils fathers home galaxy.

https://youtu.be/jMIDpJ8H7H0

[-] Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What am I looking at??? πŸ€”πŸ˜œ

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The Doctor having a giggle. /s

[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] jaye@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The original, some might say

[-] artisanrox@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

when the whole galaxy doesn't know wtf is going on

[-] SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

Next we'll find a big CHA- etched onto some moon...

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