Noel Edmonds

Orbs are little bundles of positive energy and they think they can move between 500 and 1,000 miles per hour. They look like little round planets, but they come in all shapes and sizes. Conventional photography can't pick them up, but digital cameras can.

English Producer

Seth Shostak

In the four years since its launch, Kepler has chalked up 122 new and confirmed planets. It's also caught the scent of nearly three thousand additional objects, of which probably 80 percent or more will turn out to be other-worldly orbs.

American Scientist

I've got loads of photographs of me at home with two orbs that visit me. The two that I have are about the size of melons. One sits on my arm and the other is usually in the back of the shot, sitting just over my right shoulder.

David Rose

Integral to the orb is our low cost long-range wireless radio data system and a protocol that allows us to send this data over 90% of the US population every 15 minutes throughout the day.

American Musician

The orbs have probably sold better through catalogs because they can be categorized unlike at most stores.

The orbs create feedback loops that can influence either personal of employee behavior.

The orb allows for constant dynamic feedback.

Used to describe planets, stars, and other heavenly bodies in space.

Celestial Bodies

Don't use 'orb' for things shaped like a ball that are man-made or human-related.

Not Usually Humans

Often refers to items with symbolic significance or magical associations.

Symbolic Item

Refers to ornamental objects that are spherical and used for decoration.

Decorative Objects

In medical or biological contexts, refers specifically to the shape of the eye.

Anatomical Reference

Avoid using 'orb' casually when talking about eyes in everyday situations.

Not Casual Use

Used to describe unexplained phenomena, often in a spooky or mysterious context.

Supernatural Phenomena

Refers to specks of light in photos that some believe are supernatural.

Photographic Anomalies

 the ukulele, elevators and cats, cat videos, the internet; iron beams, buildings and batteries, all ingenuity and bright ideas, all known life and a whole bunch of other stuff. Pretty much everything we know and ever heard of. It's my favorite place, actually. This small orb, floating in a cold and lonely part of the cosmos.

An ode to living on...

 Take the tarsier, whose eyeballs are each as big as its brain, giving it the biggest eyes compared to head size of all mammals. If humans had the same brain to eye ratio, our eyes would be the size of grapefruits. The tarsier's enlarged orbs haven't evolved to make it cuter, however, but to gather as much light as possible.

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 can't wait to get on the read I probably read about five six hundred articles a week Wall Street Journal old USA Today orbs fast track's entertainment like to know what the seal is going like to know who's in trouble and I read the articles and memorized certain content that I

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 contrast right so here we have the beautiful orb of our own earth you can make out the clouds you make out the water and you know that there's this beautiful amazing system of ecosystems in life all across this planet contrasting that with the lifeless

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 But maybe even more importantly, allowing us to see the world in a way that is impossible through any other means, to be able to look down and have -- if your jaw could drop, it would -- the jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the turning orb

What I learned from...

 protective retreats and catching prey. There are many kinds of spider silk. For example, this garden spider can make seven different kinds of silks. When you look at this orb web, you're actually seeing many types of silk fibers.

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 they don't make it more than one year Kiryu wondering how many eggs she'll have in a sec I've read you know there are lots of different golden orb web species and in fact they occur in different parts of the world they occur

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 not if this Egyptian vulture has anything to do with it these birds are always on the lookout for edible orbs and jackal proof packaging ostrich eggs are an important

Jackal vs. Ostrich Eggs...

 these spiders can build the world's largest orb webs up to 2 metres wide a few hours from the first spray of bridging line the job is done

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 These spiders can build the world's largest orb webs, up to two metres wide.