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Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy 1
#14505230 - 05/24/11 04:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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"Fantastically detailed, visually arresting photographs of Andromeda, a spiral galaxy that lies 2.5 million light-years from Earth, have been available for years. But getting a full panorama of our own Milky Way Galaxy is considerably more difficult. Nestled in the thick of the galaxy, we are unable to see it from the outside. For astronomers trying to map out the Milky Way's structure in detail, the exercise is a bit like trying to figure out what one's own face looks like—without the aid of a mirror.
That means that new discoveries are still possible in our own cosmic backyard, a fact made apparent by a new study that identifies a previously unseen spiral arm of the Milky Way. The newfound structure, some 70,000 light-years away, may be the continuation of a major, previously known spiral arm, part of which is visible much closer to Earth. Thomas Dame and Patrick Thaddeus of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announce the finding in a study that is set to appear in The Astrophysical Journal Letters."
more here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-spiral-arm-milky-way
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14505374 - 05/24/11 04:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Does no one care about the fucking galaxy?
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14505378 - 05/24/11 04:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sweet!
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: In(di)go]
#14505382 - 05/24/11 04:39 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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That's more like it.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14505386 - 05/24/11 04:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Whats a "galaxy"? 
Thats pretty kick-ass though.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: sjfrockerdude]
#14505445 - 05/24/11 04:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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SWEET.
crazy man...
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: realfuzzhead]
#14505556 - 05/24/11 05:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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 fuck i love seeing new space discoveries, makes me so happy to be alive in this day and age
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Muufokfok]
#14505596 - 05/24/11 05:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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this is incredible!
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14505776 - 05/24/11 05:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Give me aliens or give me death.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14506116 - 05/24/11 06:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Interesting. There's so much we don't know about our own stellar backyard.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Le_Canard]
#14506134 - 05/24/11 07:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Now if only we got our heads out of our asses and be able to travel further than Mars... Oh wait, we didn't travel to Mars yet ...
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Patlal]
#14506228 - 05/24/11 07:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I doubt we'd even be able to land on the moon...
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Konyap]
#14506471 - 05/24/11 07:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Uncharted waters
That's awesome.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14506489 - 05/24/11 08:00 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Devlish2 said: Does no one care about the fucking galaxy?

I'm coming down from a couple hits of acid testing my new patch out. when I can read i'll take note of this. I care about our galaxy, thanks for the post
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Le_Canard]
#14507103 - 05/24/11 09:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
ToiletDuk said: Interesting. There's so much we don't know about our own stellar backyard.
so hard to tell you're living in a (x) when you're looking from inside the (x)
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Konyap]
#14508088 - 05/25/11 01:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
aiyobro said: I doubt we'd even be able to land on the moon...
Uh, yeah, we did that over 40 years ago.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Le_Canard]
#14508194 - 05/25/11 02:20 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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anyway
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14508230 - 05/25/11 02:38 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Now if we can just stop polluting the fuck and killing the fuck out of each other and the planet long enough to explore space together.
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Re: Astronomers Spot a Newfound Piece of the Milky Way Galaxy [Re: Devlish2]
#14508367 - 05/25/11 03:48 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Devlish2 said:

Half the galaxy is a mere extrapolation. Cool.
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