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Milky Way Galaxy gets 15%bigger, 50% heavier
Scientists mapped the Milky Way in a more detailed, three-dimensional way and found that it's 15 percent larger in breadth. More important, it's denser, with 50 percent more mass, which is like weight.The new findings were presented Monday at the American Astronomical Society's convention in Long Beach, Calif. That's not necessarily good news. A bigger Milky Way means that it could be crashing violently into the neighboring Andromeda galaxy sooner than predicted -- [I blame Bush...er.. Global Warming...neoconservatives...oh, yeah the Jews] -- though still billions of years from now. Posted by: mhw 2009-01-06 |
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