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New Galactic Neighbor

Posted by samzenpus on from the there-goes-the-neighborhood dept.

Dan Yocum writes "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey reveals a new Milky Way neighbor: a galaxy so big we couldn't see it before. A huge but very faint structure, containing hundreds of thousands of stars spread over an area nearly 5,000 times the size of a full moon, has been discovered and mapped by astronomers of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey."

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  1. hmmm by dolphin558 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our new dwarf galaxy overlords

    1. Re:hmmm by techno-vampire · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In Soviet Russia, dwarf galaxies welcome you!

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  2. great minds..... by dolphin558 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It happened twice with my first two posts!

  3. Why is this considered a galaxy? by dolphin558 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ....and not a hybrid of globular cluster and galaxy. What makes a galaxy a galaxy?

  4. Wrong priorities... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If the Bush Administration spent more money on fixing the Hubble Telescope instead of spying at home, stuff like this wouldn't be overlooked. One of these days the Earth will be invaded by aliens without any warning because our telescope is a burned up heap in the Pacific Ocean.

    1. Re:Wrong priorities... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Relax. The cost of spying on everybody is no more expensive than spying on just the terrorists (other than the multiple investigations with more to come). In fact, for the costs of spying on real terrorists, GWB is able to find out what the dems, the libertarians, the gang bangers, etc are up to. Y.ou can thank the patriot act for that baby

  5. Obligatory by Fermatprime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's no galaxy...

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  6. Futurama-o-rama by radiotyler · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Leela: I don't know what you did, Fry, but now all the planets in the galaxy are gonna be crackin' wise about our Mommas...
    Hermes: I'm just glad my fat ugly Mama isn't around to see 'dis day...
    Professor: Enough about your promiscious mother, Hermes...

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  7. huh by ShaneThePain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what no pictures? NEXT!

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  8. Hey Neighbor by Harker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can I borrow a cup of flower?

    H.

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  9. Re:Spece is big by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This just gets worse and worse. First, we're a lovely spiral galaxy, Queen of the Galaxies. Then we're an ugly bar-spiral, with a sombrero bulge. Then, just a few days ago, they reveal we're warped and distorted.

    And now we're this?!?!? Jesus H. Christ, Yahweh, can't you do a better job than that?!?!?

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  10. Coincidence? by dghcasp · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Given that the galaxy is so huge, and it was discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and sloan is Russian for elephant, I think there may be a sinister conspiricy here... (cues X-Files music...)

    Or it could be a big coincidence.