One of the fun things approximately being an astronomer is looking at pretty pictures of cosmic objects. A funner thing even than that is seeing something odd,something anomalous, and thinking, and "Hmm,I wonder what that is?" Even more funner is then thinking, "I bet it's X. whether so, or how carry out I find out? Then digging through some science journals and getting the answer.
The funnest thing of all? Finding out you were right.
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