3 ms·
Astronomers consider Nitrogen and Carbon to be metals. Their jargon is very particular to astronomy, and they seem to love using words in ways different from ho
by SAI_Peregrinus 7y ago
Astronomers consider Nitrogen and Carbon to be metals. Their jargon is very particular to astronomy, and they seem to love using words in ways different from how the rest of the scientific community uses them.
- ncmncm 7y agoWhile that is true (anything not H or He is "metal") they have long had a sort of guild requirement that every phenomenon must be explained with nothing but heat and gravitation; if a magnetic field is invoved it has to be generated by a massive body. Anything that can't is not to be discussed, because plasma dynamics is too hard. The wall is starting to crack, though.