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This is from an FAQ on ESA's website esa.int: In the coming months, ESA will turn interplanetary voyagers such as Mars Express, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) in the direction of the comet to make further observations with eyes from all over the Solar...

I know you're joking and as far as anyone knows it's not "heading for Earth", but the shutdown doesn't explain why ESA's being so slow.

Seven billion year old cosmic dragon explains its anomalous mass (33 billion tons) and forward jet.

That the term has been used isn't in question. It's that it doesn't seem to have a workable definition as a category other than "things which resemble comets", so doesn't shed much light on the nature of this particular object.

Yes, the expected outcome is the current scientific consensus that it's a comet will be confirmed by further observation, but the alternatives are also intriguing. That you prefer to use the phrase "comet-like object" instead of simply calling it a comet would imply that it's "true nature" is...

Is anyone else following this? This object passed Mars two days ago at a distance of about 29 million km, yet, to my knowledge, the space agencies that have orbiters around Mars have not published new measurements or images from that event. The US government shutdown may or may not have played...

It seemed like the obvious answer to the OP's question!

For me, it's about the story told by each ability (and each skill) -- that the story of Intelligence is different from the story of Wisdom. Intelligence (Investigation) can be used to resolve attempts to deduce the locations of hidden things, but it has many more applications than that.

I don't know about 5.2E (or d20 for that matter), but in 5.0E/5.1E the DM doesn't ask for a "skill check". They ask for an ability check to which a skill proficiency might apply, so this question is fundamentally about the difference between Intelligence and Wisdom. Provided a check is...

Intrigued by the obelisk's strange markings, Terrin is momentarily oblivious to his party's deliberations and their venturing forth from the cave to intercept the fanatic. Realizing that, rather than trying to lure the elf away from the cave as he had purposed, his companions are attempting to...

Maybe he disappeared into one of the secret doors. 🤔

Assata Shakur, legendary figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, died in Havana on Thursday at the age of 78.

Dr. Mohammed Akram Al-Kafarneh, head of the Palestinian Nursing Association in the Gaza Strip and chief nursing supervisor at Kamal Adwan Medical Complex, was killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday.

As he nears the broken obelisk, Terrin takes note of any writing or other markings that appear on its surface.

Do a flashback where you asked around for rumors about where secret doors are located in the dungeon before you left town.

Freed one of Imani's former rivals (Stryke) who says he knows where one of the idols is and is leading us there. Jar Jar?

Well, actually, it's one novel written in six books, which works out to two books per volume. 🤓

In Ed Greenwood's article "The Nine Hells, Part I" in Dragon #75, he describes Tiamat as the nominal ruler of Avernus whose "actual authority extends only as far as her physical reach." Nevertheless, he says she is served by two Dukes of Hell, Malphas and Amduscias (for whom he includes detailed...

"That mad elf, if he has any sense at all, will go back to the others and lead them here," says Terrin, "but perhaps this will lead them astray." He retrieves a small pinch of a white waxy substance from a pouch concealed in the folds of his robes and gestures with it, chanting a few words in...

Tiamat rules the 1st Hell! It says so right there in my MM, and nothing WotC says will ever convince me otherwise!