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Sun Research Yields Unexpected Results

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fact-and-theory dept.

Syberghost writes "There are two major theories about the composition of the Sun. One says that it has similar composition to the planets. The other, that it has enriched levels of oxygen-16. NASA has been doing research on the soil samples Neil Armstrong brought back from the moon, to determine which of those theories is correct. Today, we have the results; they're both wrong. It looks like we're going to have to look more closely at the composition of everything in the solar system to figure this one out."

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  1. Solar System by mkiwi · · Score: 3, Funny
    From the Article:
    "Our Sun is not the Sun that we thought it was."

    Your children are never who you think they are until you've seen them out in the wild (or in Cabo).

  2. Hmm by More_Cowbell · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Our Sun is not the Sun that we thought it was."

    Sounds like something my parents said...

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  3. Shoddy science by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Getting information about the Sun by looking at the moon? How stupid. I propose we send a mission to the Sun to find out first hand what the Sun is like. I can hear the scoffers whine "But it is to hauuuuuuuut to land on the Suuuuuuun". This is what you pay geniuses like me for. We land at night. Problem solved.

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  4. Oh no... by dazlari · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Our Sun is not the Sun that we thought it was."
    ...we have a bastard sun!!
  5. Oh, the star. by merdaccia · · Score: 5, Funny

    I read the topic and I thought "What? They're turning a profit?"

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  6. Re:Scientists Are Allowed To Say They Were Wrong by Bemopolis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Balderdash. Religion has a parallel development system:

    1. Religious guy has an idea.
    2. Religious guy checks out that idea with oratory.
    3. Inquisition refutes religious guy's idea.
    4. Religious guy loses head and says, "You'll burn in hell, sinne--".

    This pattern happens over and over and over again, until a scientist shows up that they can all persecute.

    Bemopolis

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