Scientists analyse mysterious orb
Scientists analyse mysterious orb
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The golden, dome-shaped object was discovered in the Gulf of Alaska during an NOAA expedition and after bringing it to the surface, scientists still have no idea what it is.
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Scientists analyse mysterious orb
The golden, dome-shaped object was discovered in the Gulf of Alaska during an NOAA expedition and after bringing it to the surface, scientists still have no idea what it is.
article from last september and I can't find a followup.
So it's either very boring, or all people involved got killed by an eldritch curse
They pondered until they reached a conclusion
Brother, I've seen some orbs in my time, and that ain't one of em. That there is a blob.
I thought we were just memeing orb-pondering? Apparently the scientists are at it, too!
Honestly the meme communities are going nuts over the orb.
Cool face huggers in 2025.
I didn't know we were in for an IRL sequel to The Thing. Good luck out there everyone...
"We don't know what it is, so let's kill it and see what happens."
For science!
That's a pile of poop. That's what you get when you're one of my overconfident models
Evolutionary masterpiece lives in peace for millions of years until these assholes bring it to the surface
They couldn't leave it there and point a camera at it?