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[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's rather tragic that a tribute band called Dark Star gets priority over a scientific Dark Star. I don't know if it's because more people search for the band or because this search engine is trying to sell you albums by this band...

[–] Soylentcolaispeople@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the band puts a lot of effort into marketing and keyword targeting, and scientific teams researching dark stars only publish for specific spaces towards other scientific people that are already looking at those places.

[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't mind it. I just think we all should value scientific research into astronomy, no matter the volume of interest, more than marketing strategies for a product, be it art or not. I might be wrong tho...