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  • sploosh@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzIrresistible
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    3 days ago

    Saying they suck things in isn’t really correct, unless you want to also say that the sun is constantly sucking Earth toward it. It’s just gravity.

    Also, magnets don’t only work on ferrous metals. Magnets push electrons through copper loops in generators and that’s how we have electricity.















  • It made it into Venus’ orbit after its main engine failed during the orbital insertion burn and then ran past its mission end date in 2018. If Akatsuki is lost it is a tragedy, but if that is the case at least we know that orbiter had it where it counts.

    In the mission team’s prowess in cultivating a solution and the engineering and construction teams’ craft in building a resilient piece of hardware.