[Spare_account]

The title of the post (on Hackernews, above) has the spelling "Phosphorous" (with a U). This is the spelling of the Adjective (a describing word). It is a mistake in this context, because what has been discovered in the outskirts of the Milky Way is not a grammatical construct but rather a chemical element.

The chemical element is spelled without the U (even in British English!): Phosphorus.

https://grammarist.com/spelling/phosphorous-phosphorus/

[furyofantares]

> The title of the post (on Hackernews, above) has the spelling "Phosphorous" (with a U).

The noun also has that U, it's the O next to it that it doesn't have.

[Spare_account]

Well I feel pretty silly now. Thanks for pointing out the error

[irrational]

Well, at least I now know the word phosphorous exists.

[op00to]

I am now replacing “cromulent” with “phosphorous”. As in “that is a perfectly phosphorous statement”.

[beAbU]

I did not know this. Thanks for the little lesson in grammar!