Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

RobertTheGenius t1_itpno5z wrote

How could they know the where the asteroid came from?.. “edges of space”… gtfoh

This article and headline are so full of shit

10

boundegar t1_itpqp5f wrote

The article makes perfect sense, but I think reddit has a bot that writes the headlines, and it's not very smart.

They know because the samples brought back are typical of bodies that formed beyond Jupiter. That's a pretty weird definition of "edges of outer space," but the ClickBot may have failed 4th grade science.

2

Funicularly t1_itqeprx wrote

Did you click on the article? The title says “OUTER LIMITS: Scientists Discover Asteroid Ryugu Came From Edges of Outer Space”. What does that have to do with Reddit?

7

mr_bedbugs t1_itre264 wrote

IIRC, from my 3rd grade days, "outer space" is past the asteroid belt, and "inner space" is before it.

1