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Spiral Galaxy Spins the Wrong Way

Posted by chrisd on from the galactic-spirograph dept.

Ant writes: "The New Scientist has an article about a galaxy in the constellation Centaurus is puzzling astronomers by spinning in the wrong direction. NGC 4622 has bright twisting arms containing newborn stars and lies 111 million light years away."

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  1. alright by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it's time we wrote our local congresspeople to get this remedied.

  2. ... by questionlp · · Score: 4, Funny

    That galaxy must be in the southern hemisphere of the universe?