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2022-06-24 Science & Technology

Bizarre news story of the day: Jupiter apparently ‘eats' other planets

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Posted by Beavis 2022-06-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Well yes, in the early formation a sun was to be born but Jupiter never acquired mass necessary to achieve Sun status.

Posted by Dale 2022-06-24 07:26|| 2022-06-24 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Hope it doesn't eat Uranus

/I'll go to my room, now

Posted by Frank G 2022-06-24 07:40|| 2022-06-24 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 You have to understand the gravity of the problem.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-24 07:41|| 2022-06-24 07:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Um yes. Jupiter also hoovers up comets and asteroids. Scientists have calculated if Jupiter wasn't where it was, life on planet Earth may have not evolved much past bacteria as it would have been bombarded nearly 200 times more than it was in the early life of the solar system.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-24 15:24|| 2022-06-24 15:24|| Front Page Top

#5 [insert Stacy Abrams joke here]

Posted by Mercutio 2022-06-24 20:24|| 2022-06-24 20:24|| Front Page Top

#6 [insert Stacy Abrams joke here]

Posted by Mercutio 2022-06-24 20:25|| 2022-06-24 20:25|| Front Page Top

#7 my bad
my bad

Posted by Mercutio 2022-06-24 20:25|| 2022-06-24 20:25|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Not enough room.

Posted by Matt 2022-06-24 20:26|| 2022-06-24 20:26|| Front Page Top

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