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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. 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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    hi mom!