Looks like somebody hasn’t been doing their pondering exercises
Do you mean the ambient electronica band or this:
Jesus, that’s the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a real-life supervillain group shot.
The orb is a spherical object made of solid matter, possibly silicate or metal, that has been highly polished and subsequently enchanted using any of a variety of scrying and detection spells, such as clairvoyance and true seeing.
Not sure why/how it came back but it did: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pondering-my-orb
It’s part of the answer. You can do computer/logic programming on an imaginary Orb as well, like in Lisp.
In physics and advanced mathematical geometry, an Orb can store vast amounts of energy and mathematical information based on sets. Stars and black holes are examples of physical orbs you can ponder.