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[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Astronomy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat by analyzing the raw image data of several insanely sensitive cameras, then finding out what the cat looks like, what it looked like right after birth, where it'll be next year and what its gut microbiome consists of, based on a slight reddish hue in its fur.

Alternatively: Astronomy is like being in a dark room and saying "Something seems off. There must be a black cat in here."

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There are certain behaviors of ordinary cats which can only be explained by the presence of "dark cats".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Voids, one might say.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Some catronomers suggest that 'dark cats' might just be bugs, but we haven't seen any bugs in the room yet.