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NASA Discovers Potential Life On Mars After Giant Eyeball In Middle Of Planet Looks Directly Into Telescope (theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

audibly blinking

Huh?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I imagine if an eye the size of a mountain blinked there'd be some sound

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Telescopes don't allow you to hear sound from space though...

I wondered if they meant that you couldn't help but imagine the sound when seeing it - I don't know if there's a word for that (or where to ask on Lemmy).