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Milky Way Leaves Devastation in its Wake

Posted by michael on from the keep-arms-inside-the-moving-galaxy dept.

soulctcher writes "An article on Yahoo! talks aout how a group of scientists now have evidence that the Milky Way galaxy, and others like it, are able to slice and dice their way through older galactic structures."

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  1. 75,000 light-years from the Sun by BobTheBooser · · Score: 2, Interesting
    the article reports

    It is ordinarily some 75,000 light-years from the Sun... The distant future looks bleak for Palomar 5

    that means what we are seeing of Palomar 5 actually took place around 75,000 years ago. I am no astronamer or astro physisist but is it possible that Palomar 5 is already gone.

  2. Re:Old globulars by joshuac · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ---snip
    Would you mind giving a source for your tale of globular formation and evolution? I've never heard any such thing, and I'm working on my Ph.D. in astronomy.
    ---snip

    He's testing you to see if slashdot's infamous crack-smoking moderators will mod up a post that "looks" at a fast glance informative, without actually bothering to read the post. What's even more humorous are the people that respond to his posts seriously.

    Besides, you may be working on your Ph. D. in astronomy, but that is only slightly related to the fascinating world of astrology he was talking about (look at the last paragraph of his post).

    I first noticed him when he posted some completely bogus information about Unix interview questions, getting basic facts wrong.

    Anyway, he wanted to see if people would mod up without thought, and guessing from his recent history of posts, he's doing pretty good.

    Look at his log at www.pdrap.org