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Galactic Pancake Mystery Solved

mOoZik writes "According to the BBC, Astronomers have figured out why a series of small galaxies surrounding the Milky Way are distributed around it in the shape of a pancake. Theorists believed that the eleven dwarf galaxy companions should have a diffuse, spherical arrangement, but a University of Durham team used a supercomputer to show how the galaxies could take the pancake form without challenging cosmological theory."

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  1. Next on Pancake Galactica by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The evil Egglons attack, wiping out most of breakfast.

  2. A pancake... by Poromenos1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aha, now all that remains is to find a galaxy shaped like a bottle of maple syrup!

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  3. So therefore... by Z0mb1eman · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's bunnies all the way down?

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  4. Short answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our local cluster is a franchise of IHOP (intergalactic house of pancakes).

  5. In other news.... by spiderworm · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... researchers are still working on the mystery of the cosmic sausage and eggs, as well as new puzzling information that seems to indicate the presence of a Great White Handkerchief... or maybe it's a napkin?

  6. Without challenging cosmological theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dark Syrup explains galactic pancake mystery.

  7. So... by unsinged+int · · Score: 4, Funny

    when's the galaxy due to flip over?