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Strange Yellow Glass in African Desert Traced Back to Extraterrestrial Impact (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yes, technically "the impact of a meteorite" would indeed be an extraterrestrial impact, but the implications of using that word are obvious, making this click bait.

[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I was just about to start typing a comment along the lines of "come on now, you're really stretching it thin here". Then I took a second and realized that it really only means "not from earth" which yes, I guess any space rock is that.

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

i’m not comfortable with your nonchalance and complicit behavior with respect to the ancient yet ongoing and soon to become overwhelming alien bombardment we are currently facing as a planet