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Milky Way Gets Bigger
FU_Fish writes "Australian scientists have discovered a new arm reaching out from our beloved Milky Way. The arm is 60,000 light years away from the center of the galaxy and roughly 6,500 light years thick. I guess my dream of visiting every star in our galaxy just got a bit tougher."
Oh, so Al Roker hasn't actually lost weight - it's the space around him that's gotten bigger?
That and the 3 Musketeers. Are they bigger too? Will they charge the same?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Astronomers are worried if the truth gets out, American taxpayers will be bankrupted by John Ashcroft's attempts to get said 'arm' covered up.
that there's actually a part of the galaxy Star Trek hasn't explored yet? Good! Time for a new series instead of the prequel! ;)
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
In your face, Andromeda!
It's called "The delphic expanse." It's a strange, scary place where the laws of physics are turned upside down. Flesh is distorted, bodies are turned inside out, and Rick Bergman is considered creative and clever. You wouldn't want to go there.
You age very less when travelling close to light speeds.
... and the poster might return to Earth in time for the bug free version of Windows :-)
Factor that in
FTL travel discovered Boy, I bet he'd be really pissed to get back home and find out the'd invented that.
"I guess my dream of visiting every star in our galaxy just got a bit tougher."
Yes, but are you going to insult everybody in it? Individually, personally, one by one, and by alphabetical order?
I miss Douglas Adams
Path to India discovered! The Earth gets rounder!
Ceci n'est pas une sig
Every once in a while, the Great Bird of the Galaxy goes for a little drive in the country.
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.