48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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      8 months ago

      If Icarus won’t come to the sun, the sun will come to Icarus.

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        In case the reference is lost, there’s a famous Muslim proverb: if the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain. A flipped version of this proverb has somehow also become commonly known, perhaps surpassing the correct version (in my culture at least): if Muhammad won’t go to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Muhammad.

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      People talk about Icarus flying too close to the sun. Motherfuckers are recreating it in labs

      This!

      That’s definitely some next-gen level magic being scienced/engineered.

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      I just want to know what kind of thermometer they put into the plasma to measure the temperature. It must have been made of ice or something to not burn up.

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        They usually measure extreme high temperatures differently, not with thermometers based on heat expansion of materials. They measure heat radiated, not conducted.

        In plain English, they look at it with a heat camera, like you see on TV they patrol borders with.