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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?

  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. 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

  5. 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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