futurebird , (edited )
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Which celestial body is the most creepy?

alchemistsstudio ,
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@futurebird starlink space junk

Tattie ,

@futurebird Charon

jeffc ,
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@futurebird

Jupiter.

The Grand Tack Hypothesis is downright ominous. Teaming up with another gas giant to bully the other planets? Yeah, that.

When that comet hit it, it didn't even blink. How many planets do you think it's swallowed?

I mean, have you listened to its radio signals? And what powers those crazy winds and storms?

Jupiter's always looming.

Don't think for a moment it isn't planning something.

justafrog ,
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@futurebird The next giant meteor which will hit Earth.

Nobody knows which one.

Nobody knows when it'll hit.

But it will, eventually.

notsoloud ,
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@futurebird
Betelgeuse

notsoloud ,
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@futurebird
Well duh the horsehead nebula.

Really sends a message.

xges ,
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@futurebird the sun

posiputt ,
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@futurebird I'd say earth. It has ants.

ReverendMoose ,
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@futurebird The Moon, are we technically a binary planet / dwarf planet system; would intelligent life even be possible without the moon's influence; why is the moon exactly the right size for a full solar eclipse; is the moon really an artificial construction (probably not but you can't completely rule it out).

ReverendMoose ,
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@futurebird runner up is Planet X, gravitational influences indicate it should be there, lurking in the Kuiper Belt. They been doing serious science to try and find it pretty much my entire life, it's never where they look for it. One semi-fringe but plausible explanation is it's a primordial black hole.

lienrag ,

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Or the egg of a giant space ant, waiting to hatch...

(but I guess that seismography has ruled this out now)

@futurebird

ReverendMoose ,
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@lienrag @futurebird I remember a collection of dragon based Sci Fi short stories I read as a preteen and my favorite was this giant momma dragon shows up, looks for an egg where Vulcan should be, then turns to Mercury which hatches into a baby dragon. I think the story ended there, but the implications were clear. I've never been able to figure out the name of the collection or story though.

juandesant ,
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@futurebird Io for its volcanism and awesome view of Jupiter.

mansr ,
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@futurebird The moon. Always hiding something.

Subumbral ,
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@futurebird Neptune

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