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> ... cannot be explained In an allegedly scientific journal? I was aware that New Scientist had abandoned scientific standards, but this abandons even a patin
by lutusp 10y ago
> ... cannot be explained
In an allegedly scientific journal? I was aware that New Scientist had abandoned scientific standards, but this abandons even a patina of scientific standards.
- LeifCarrotson 10y agoI don't think the author and editor of that headline wants the wording to be taken literally, believing it to be supernatural and outside the realm of causality. Instead, what they're trying to drum up attention for in the headline is that it can be explained, but only by the activity of a previously. unknown force, astronomical phenomenon, planet, or other new and interesting potential discovery. Such as aliens. The headline should read "... is unlikely to be caused by existing models and behavioral simulations of the solar system", but that's less likely to get clicks. That, or "Discovery of A New Retrograde Trans-Neptunian Object: Hint of A Common Orbital Plane for Low Semi-Major Axis, High Inclination TNOs and Centaurs", which is the title of the backing paper.