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fatandlean t1_itp0kp3 wrote

Please say the inhabitants have hot dog fingers. Please say it. Please please please.

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digichalk t1_itp25wh wrote

Sooooo disturbing. That universe can stay a far outlier. *shiver*

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Dr_Dang t1_itqhl94 wrote

Let me know when they find Rectus Nine, Trashcan Man, or Tittlemans Crest.

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mrmitchs t1_itpgf40 wrote

How did they determine the texture of a distant planet?

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Zymoox t1_itpkrw4 wrote

Fluffly in this context does not refer to texture, but to the low density of its hot atmosphere.

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tinyurl- t1_itplxad wrote

That doesn't sound like a marshmallow at all

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FistfulOfShit t1_itpmwyq wrote

Well actually it does, marshmallows are aerated and porous so they are much less dense than if they were a compact mass of sugar

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Bris2500 t1_itpnozk wrote

Leave it to scientists to ruin marshmallows for me

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BackRiverAch t1_itrk509 wrote

If it makes you feel better there's a 90s Mary Kate & Ashley movie where marshmallows grow in mines in volcanoes.

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Pixels222 t1_itqfa60 wrote

Well it's mostly air so you can eat as much as you want compared to pure sugar

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ainz-sama619 t1_itpoch9 wrote

tldr, scientists have no idea what a marshmallow is

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Stealfur t1_itpukyb wrote

These are probably the same scientist that say "we found earth like plants!"

Mean while the plant they found has 3 times earth's gravity, has a liquid nitrogen ocean, 200 hour days, and rains glass every 3 hours. But hey, it's in a spot that could theoretically have water. EARTH-LIKE!

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patrickSwayzeNU t1_itq5rns wrote

You’re missing context.

Earth like as in, we can live there, no.

Can carbon based life exist there is a completely different question.

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Stealfur t1_itq6p77 wrote

No I'm not missing context. That is exactly my point. Scientists are calling a planet marshmallow-like despite being not really what a layman's would define as a marshmallow. Just like how define planets as Earth-like despite the fact that a layman's would not call such an inhospitable place "earth-like."

Their definitions do not match up with are pre-conceved expectations because their metric for classification is different from ours.

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rckrusekontrol t1_itsb629 wrote

Okay, but could we describe the Earth as “cake-like” cause then I’m good with relating celestial bodies to desserts

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DontWorryImADr t1_itscqg9 wrote

Frankly, this is more often the issue of the publishing than the academic source.

What sounds more likely? That an astronomer is so cloistered as to forget what a marshmallow is like? Or that they brought up a new discovery (lowest density, similar to marshmallow vs slightly less than water like Saturn) and the journalist jazzed it up to catch attention?

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Snule t1_itpvhom wrote

Razor hail! Not so good for your life expectancy!

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phunkydroid t1_itq1b1x wrote

Well actually it doesn't, marshmallows aren't gaseous.

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FistfulOfShit t1_itq34gn wrote

They kinda are when you take into account they are made by 40%... Air? Which is a gas? Which makes the marshmallow low density. Gases and solids can be the same substance at the same temperature, you just have to alter the pressure.

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mrmitchs t1_itqc1hx wrote

It depends on how they react with your digestive system.

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grafxguy1 t1_itsq0wq wrote

My money is on the theory that the planet is made of marshmellium.

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[deleted] t1_itpk7ie wrote

type of UV light coming off of it maybe? only thing i can think of. maybe how fast it spins compared to how close/far it is to its star too? good question

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iiJokerzace t1_itpwahi wrote

They use the light that comes from it. The rays bouncing off those objects have information that tells astrophysicists what the objects are made of.

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Creoda t1_itrfkew wrote

Every time it's orbit gets it close to the systems star it's starts to brown over and smell lovely.

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Def_One_1987 t1_itrc6de wrote

That's what I was wondering.. did they fly a satellite into it and it went "HEE HEE!!" ?

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r_special_ t1_itp0cl6 wrote

Just a little closer to it’s star and then we’ll slap on the chocolate and graham crackers

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bmk37 t1_itp2gfw wrote

Probably a deep space creature on its way to eat us

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DaveMash t1_itp53ox wrote

Marshmallow man?

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taddymason_76 t1_itpms21 wrote

I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something that I loved from my childhood. Something that would never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay-Puft.

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MissTheWire t1_itpnxke wrote

Somebody thought about the Stay-Puft man while looking through the telescope

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100GbE t1_itpsjs3 wrote

This is the most likely theory.

When it arrives, I will eat as much of this deep space marshmallow creature in an attempt to save humanity! Will you join me on my conquest?

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Xkloid t1_itpa0ro wrote

Now we need a chocolate planet, and a graham cracker one. With 3 well planned DART missions we could get them close enough to the sun, smores for everyone!

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Repulsive_Poem_5204 t1_itpgovn wrote

I swear the things that taste like S'mores taste better than S'mores themselves.

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AnnoyedDuckling t1_itp10wv wrote

Marshmallow planets? My interest in astronomy has increased by 10 to the billionth power!

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runtheplacered t1_itpra9v wrote

Now we just need a chocolate planet and a graham cracker planet

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L0ckeandDemosthenes t1_itp5vym wrote

Stay puft marshmallow man enters the conversation...

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Wursterkins t1_its4ukp wrote

My first impression was that must be where Kirby is from but I’ll entertain stay puft too

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TheCaliforniaOp t1_itp6yu2 wrote

Oh geez. I was just visualizing that thing hitting our atmosphere and suddenly fwoop fwoop fwoop Stay puft marshmallow men just proliferating everywhere, plummeting with purpose and malignant looks…

And if you imagined that too, then it’s probably going to happen!

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Rhomega2 t1_itpoizd wrote

Marshie enters the conversation

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Lil-Scrapple-Blossom t1_itpzccd wrote

I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us.

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elidevious t1_its93rc wrote

NASA needs to immediately send a gram cracker and chocolate space probe to discover if there is gooey deliciousness on the planet!

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MobPsycho50 t1_itsjinb wrote

Times like these I think I'm in a simulation. I'm eating marshmallows right now straight out the bag.

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InAHundredYears t1_itspopo wrote

There are so many reasons to be ready for the move to palliative care, but THIS kind of information will be swamped under the lime jello and leg wraps. So cool. Thanks for posting.

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KOOLKAT_FTW t1_itpdlzv wrote

I immediately thought of shark boy and lava girl movie haha

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Nomis_Salomis t1_itptp9q wrote

Yoo it rotates perfectly to get the all around cook. Unless it's tidally locked in wich case it's on fire and you ruined it.. Idk I didn't read the article

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greyhoundbuddy t1_itqjgmx wrote

Not surprising, there used to be a whole industry making designer planets. "The home of this industry was the planet Magrathea, where hyperspatial engineers sucked matter through white holes in space to form it into dream planets—gold planets, platinum planets, soft rubber planets with lots of earthquakes—all lovingly made to meet the exacting standards that the Galaxy’s richest men naturally came to expect." - Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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OkOrdinary5299 t1_ituswwn wrote

I read the article, but I don't understand why marshmallows?

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CharmingRun8606 t1_itpzqs3 wrote

I now have the Orbs 'Little fluffy Clouds' playing in my head.

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ManyFacedGodxxx t1_itr4cgr wrote

Is it close enough to the Sun we can bring Gram Crackers and Chocolate?

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TheRealcebuckets t1_itpgyd7 wrote

It's a marshmallow world in the winter When the snow comes to cover the ground It's time for play, it's a whipped cream day I wait for it the whole year around

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Unlimitles t1_itpv2da wrote

So I can eat a Planet? I mean...well, we eat our planet all the time I guess......

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AspieAndProud t1_itpwqmh wrote

Did you really think that the Marshmallow Man was from Earth?? 😏💭

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Traumfahrer t1_itpy8pu wrote

That's where the marshmallow went that I threw in the air as a kid.

Can I have it back please?

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Karnorkla t1_itqn0wi wrote

Just imagine if it collides with Hot Chocolate Planet!!!

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MrFitit101 t1_itqu2ha wrote

Let's contact the Michelin Man he's probably from there and ask him what's the atmosphere material like. 🤣

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pierlux t1_itphbrd wrote

I couldn’t decode the title: it is called Mashable? Until I remembered mashable.com existed lol mashable is too closed to marshmallow in my head lol

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madrid987 t1_itphj78 wrote

find all sorts of things, but I don't think TEHY can find any clues to alien civilization.

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