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Milky Way Gets Bigger

Posted by michael on from the now-30%-more-free dept.

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."

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  1. Don't tell Fatties! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, so Al Roker hasn't actually lost weight - it's the space around him that's gotten bigger?

    1. Re:Don't tell Fatties! by Raptorman2k · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't forget Oprah...however she tends to envelope said space from time to time...

  2. Does this mean by Kethinov · · Score: 3, Funny

    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! ;)

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  3. Ha! by Sandmann · · Score: 5, Funny

    In your face, Andromeda!

  4. Re:Visit every star in the Galaxy? by Sanga · · Score: 2, Funny

    You age very less when travelling close to light speeds.

    Factor that in ... and the poster might return to Earth in time for the bug free version of Windows :-)

  5. Re:Visit every star in the Galaxy? by beerman2k · · Score: 2, Funny

    FTL travel discovered Boy, I bet he'd be really pissed to get back home and find out the'd invented that.

  6. Hitchhiker's Guide by hound3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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

  7. Headline by Man+of+E · · Score: 3, Funny
    Milky Way gets bigger? Reminds me of the newspaper headlines back in 1492 (the good old days):

    Path to India discovered! The Earth gets rounder!

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  8. Re:That Ain't No Bird's-Eye View! by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every once in a while, the Great Bird of the Galaxy goes for a little drive in the country.

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