7mo ago

Ancient orb to be pondered once again...

www.livescience.com 'It is biological in origin': 1st analysis of weird golden orb from ocean floor leaves scientists stumped

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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7mo ago

Scientists analyse mysterious orb

www.livescience.com /planet-earth/rivers-oceans/it-is-biological-in-origin-first-analysis-of-weird-golden-orb-from-ocean-floor-leaves-scientists-stumped

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frightful_hobgoblin @lemmy.ml

7mo ago

Scientists analyse mysterious orb

www.livescience.com /planet-earth/rivers-oceans/it-is-biological-in-origin-first-analysis-of-weird-golden-orb-from-ocean-floor-leaves-scientists-stumped

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This is the start of a thriller movie. Next up, anyone in the vicinity of the orb starts to hallucinate…

Kneejerk suspect this is part of that corporate hype cycle to scrape a newly-discovered environment of its scant resources. Ooh, so mysterious! Precious metals! Just let us scoop it up and melt it down and then we'll tell you if it had any life or whatever.