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James Web telescope finds giant question mark galaxy in deep space.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That message was sent specifically for us. Like, "We've been watching your civilization for the last 50 earth cycles. WTF?"

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The aliens are questioning our societal decisions

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I enjoy the jokes, but has anyone given an explanation of what it likely is?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Seems like merging galaxies. It’s too far away to be a single star being eaten by a companion. (It’d have the six-sided star mirror artifact if it were closer.) And galaxies temporarily form weird shapes as they merge

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Just speculation but it would be totally plausible for a helix shaped galaxy or star (possibly being pulled into a black hole) oriented from an odd angle, with either a gap or a cloud of some sort blocking one part of it and it just happens to look like a common glyph.

But I'm no starologist

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