A thread for nothing

[Mindy]

Is Nafo NATO only run by dogs?

[SGR]

Space is terrifying.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UY_Scuti

[jimmy jazz]

Apparently space has a smell a bit like bacon or burnt meat.

[SGR]

Apparently space has a smell a bit like bacon or burnt meat.

I've heard astronauts say that, but I'm not convinced of the veracity of it. Who am I to question astronauts, but you technically can't smell anything in space without oxygen right? Makes me wonder how the entire experience of being in space affects the brain and neurological functions.

[Marie Monday]

I'm suspicious of that claim too because space is just very empty. What would there be to smell?

[Guybrush]

Space is terrifying.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UY_Scuti

Made me think of this:

The universe's largest black holes. Them and their quazars of old are just mind boggling.. as well as neutron stars and magnetars and everything else. Also, I love Kurzgesagt.

I also read the bacon smell thing and was sceptical for the same reason @Marie Monday mentions, but I think I watched a video where that Chris astronaut answers questions about being an astronaut etc. and I think he confirmed that one.

Edit:

Found the video! He starts talking about it just before a couple of minutes in.

[Lisnaholic]

I also read the bacon smell thing and was sceptical for the same reason @Marie Monday mentions, but I think I watched a video where that Chris astronaut answers questions about being an astronaut etc. and I think he confirmed that one.

Edit:

Found the video! He starts talking about it just before a couple of minutes in.

^ Thanks for the research, Guybrush, but strictly speaking, doesn't he end up debunking the myth?! He says that's how the outside of the space vehicle would smell, if we could exist in the vacuum of space.
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Yeah, all that stuff about the universe is mind boggling: its age, its size, and all the weird things in it.
Even the sizes and distances in the Solar System are difficult to grasp. I imagine most of us have seen one of those football-field scale model simulations on YouTube, but here's something I thought was quite cool: a permanent model in Melbourne:-

[Mindy]

Made these 4 NAFO memes this morning^ going to work on getting 4 made each Friday^
https://x.com/mindys_stuff_/status/1799358867257909743

[Mindy]

If I was in this dude's position.. I'm swagging out just like this.

[Mindy]