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0 pointscaf2y ago0 comments

Wait 'til you hear what astronomers refer to as a "metal".

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Metallic hydrogen? yeah, i took astrophysics in college. pretty sure that just because something starts conducting doesn't mean it's a metal. but sure, professor

QuesnayJr2y ago

Are you doing an extended comedy bit or something?

A "metal" in astronomy is everything other than hydrogen or helium.

iraqmtpizza2y ago

And yet... metallic HYDROGEN. Now you see the comedy inherent in the system.

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iraqmtpizza2y ago

Metallic hydrogen? yeah, i took astrophysics in college. pretty sure that just because something starts conducting doesn't mean it's a metal. but sure, professor

QuesnayJr2y ago

Are you doing an extended comedy bit or something?

A "metal" in astronomy is everything other than hydrogen or helium.

iraqmtpizza2y ago

And yet... metallic HYDROGEN. Now you see the comedy inherent in the system.

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