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Galactic Cluster Suggests Hidden Superstructure

Posted by timothy on from the mommy-that-cloud-looks-like-a-hidden-superstructure dept.

joncrie writes "The nearby galaxy cluster Fornax is facing an intergalactic headwind as it is pulled by an underlying superstructure of dark matter, according to new evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Astronomers think most of the matter in the universe is concentrated in long large filaments of dark matter and that galaxy clusters are formed where these filaments intersect."

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  1. Dark Matter Superstructure... by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 3, Funny

    This I gotta see. I mean, it takes 16 weeks to build a house out of premanufactured wood components. How long do you think a galaxy took, even accounting for unionized labor?

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    1. Re:Dark Matter Superstructure... by Andy+Mitchell · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to Genesis, god was the only being in existence at the beginning of time and as such acted as both management and the workforce. This allowed him to be very efficient. Much theological discussion centres around when the first union came into being.

      One possibility that has been suggested was that Lucifer formed the first union and it was an irreconcilable break down in industrial relations that caused the "war in heaven" ultimately leading to Lucifer and his union buddies being made redundant and going off to start "Hell Incorporated", now the universes leading provider of after death imprisonment for the wicked.

      Others say that the first union came about when Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden. In this case a political agitator in the form of a snake caused considerable problems during a dispute over workers fruit eating rights. Some other accounts suggest that the snake was in fact a union representative sent by Lucifer, making this the second union.

      Whatever the truth is is clear that the unions have throughout history lowered productivity, as the previous poster suggested. Before unions you could create a universe by simply saying "let there be light" now it takes 16 weeks to erect a pre-fabricated home.

    2. Re:Dark Matter Superstructure... by novakyu · · Score: 2, Funny
      One possibility that has been suggested was that Lucifer formed the first union and it was an irreconcilable break down in industrial relations that caused the "war in heaven" ultimately leading to Lucifer and his union buddies being made redundant and going off to start "Hell Incorporated", now the universes leading provider of after death imprisonment for the wicked.

      Are you saying that there were no union-protection laws back then? Why didn't Lucifer simply sue god for unfair labor practices? Surely he could have won a half to a quarter of the universe as settlement?

    3. Re:Dark Matter Superstructure... by Andy+Mitchell · · Score: 5, Funny
      Why didn't Lucifer simply sue god for unfair labor practices?

      That would be because there are no lawyers in heaven :-)

    4. Re:Dark Matter Superstructure... by bunratty · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thankfully, galaxies are made using ionized labor. The negative and positive workers pull together and get the job done faster.

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  2. Sci-fi by coeus22 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The nearby galaxy cluster Fornax is facing an intergalactic headwind as it is pulled by an underlying superstructure of dark matter," ... Sounds like a bad science fiction

  3. Re:Sad. by selderrr · · Score: 3, Funny

    well, now we have three> posts that are offtopic, three that are jokes and only one that is remotely ontopic :-)

    Seems that you tilted the balance in the wrong direction

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