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The Milky Way is Not a Spiral?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-now-i-don't-believe-in-nothin' dept.

ETEQ writes "Space.com reports that new data from the Spitzer Space Telescope showing that the Milky Way is in fact a barred spiral! Looks like all our old astronomy textbooks will have to be thrown away..."

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  1. Re:Whoa! by The+I+Shing · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I hear the galaxy is being sued by Russian astrologers.

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  2. Mod parent +5: helps lazy people by utopianfiat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you negative responses for making it harder on my poor virgin fingers to read /.
    I for one welcome our new linked-article-quoting overlords.

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  3. Yoda Translation by eno2001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Milky Way a Spiral is Not

    ETEQ "Space.com new data reports from the Spitzer Space Telescope showing that the Milky Way a barred spiral is in fact! All our old astronomy textbooks thrown away will have to be looks like..." writes.

    Yodafier

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  4. Re:Throw 'em Away by Golias · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Football season must be coming fast. When I saw the headline the the Milky Way is "not a spiral", the first thought through my head was "oh, so it's a duck."

    (Europeans who didn't get the joke: I'm referrencing jargon from American football, not soccer. Let's not get our panties in a twist about what America calls its sports, m'kay?)

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  5. Well... by theid0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I, for one, welcome our new barred spiral overlords.