James Webb Space Telescope spies giant cosmic question mark in deep space (photo)

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

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roastgoat@lemmy.world · 139 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Deep space quest marker

theodewere@kbin.social · 54 pts · 3y (1 reply)

that's the intro quest in the tutorial.. and it's 16 billion light years away.. thanks Universe devs..

dilligasatall@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y

If that's the tutorial quest I don't think I want to see the final boss.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 3y

Achievement Unlocked!

Travel 100 light years from your planet of origin.

Screwthehole@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Lemmy just hit a new high today. As I came in to post this, I found it as the top comment. Very old-reddit! Good job.

psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y

Yeah it's getting better. The top hour, 6 hours etc. has helped a ton too.

Serinus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

Old Reddit would have an expert as the top comment instead of a joke. That's something to strive for.

FunkyMonk@kbin.social · 55 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Quiet the hell down before it goes to '!'

IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y

Huh? What was that noise?

RGB3x3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Everyone, quick! Crouch behind a barrel!

wabafee@lemm.ee · 38 pts · 3y

It's an unloaded texture

eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz · 33 pts · 3y (5 replies)

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

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 3y

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

Soylentcolaispeople@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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

capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Could also be two or more systems colliding with each other. Similar to this

theodewere@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
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eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 3y

I wanted to guess gravitational lensing, but couldn't see how that would make a question mark.. it's still pretty cool!

epicsninja@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Looks like we're about to unlock a new galaxy.

ayyndrew@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

We need more Power Stars

sebinspace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

You must construct additional pylons

sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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canitendtherabbits@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y

More likely someone trying to invoke the improbability drive

speaker_hat@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 3y

I knew it

CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

If they look just a little further they're bound to find some galaxies smeared into the phrase "WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE"

aaaantoine@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3y

The Riddler has taken his antics into intergalactic space

nondescript_citizen@lemmy.fmhy.net · 17 pts · 3y

Excellent shitpost by deep space

psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y

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

yogurtwrong@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y

It's a collectible. You can get the new dlc free if you collect 50 of them

ooboontoo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

Growing up I really enjoyed the Riddler episodes of the animated Batman series.

SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Side quest

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y

Next we'll find a big CHA- etched onto some moon...

httpjames@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y

The aliens are questioning our societal decisions

TIEPilot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Dr Evils fathers home galaxy.

https://youtu.be/jMIDpJ8H7H0

artisanrox@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

when the whole galaxy doesn't know wtf is going on

Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y (4 replies)

What am I looking at??? 🤔😜

MxM111@kbin.social · 15 pts · 3y

?

Rakonat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The Doctor having a giggle. /s

anubis119@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Doctor Who?

jaye@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

The original, some might say

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 3y

Next we'll find a big CHA- etched onto some moon...