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Mysterious bright spots on Ceres.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:58 am

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31702639

I'm not saying it's aliens but...

...I for one would be happy to welcome our new Cerian overlords :tea:
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Post by JimC » Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:25 am

One day, humans will hollow out Ceres into a fantastical space habitat, run entirely on libertarian principles, called Sethworld... :tea:
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Post by laklak » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:54 pm

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Post by JimC » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:45 pm

:lol:
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Post by klr » Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:11 am

It's the space camera equivalent of red-eye.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:13 am

White eye?

I'm putting $20 down on it being a liquid entity.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:24 am

Has Bill Clinton been there?

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Post by piscator » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:49 am

The Arkenstone!

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Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:25 pm

You're such a nerd. :geek:
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Post by Rum » Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:25 pm

Our lizard masters will awaken when they sense the probes presence!

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Post by JimC » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:06 pm

Rum wrote:Our lizard masters will awaken when they sense the probes presence!
Aliens and probes go together... :tea:
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Post by klr » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:42 am

Has anyone spotted this in the area? Or even a whole herd of them?
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Post by mistermack » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:06 pm

I'm not supposed to say, but I know what the bright spots are.

It's a chinese base. They arrived last year but don't like to brag about it. Confucius he say, ''keep cake-hole shut, or yanks will get jealous''.
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Post by Calilasseia » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:51 am

It's where the Iron Sky Nazis have their real base. The one on the Moon was a decoy.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:49 am

Aye, an army of cloned Hitlers awaits....

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