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Galactic Traffic Patterns
eldavojohn writes "Using Hubble, researchers have noticed traffic patterns of stars within our own galaxy. From the article, 'Researchers analyzed 47 Tucanae, the second largest cluster in the Milky Way's galactic neighborhood, and determined the cluster sorts out stars according to their masses. Due to the associated gravitational pull, heavier stars slow down and sink to the cluster's core, while lighter stars pick up speed and zip out to the cluster's periphery.' There is speculation that these movements of stars — although tiny — can have significant implications and possibly result in mass segregation."
If this keeps up, the stars are gonna be marching on Washington, demanding their equal rights. I have a dream, that someday, all stars will be judged not be mass, but by the content of their cores.
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All this talk of galactic traffic, and not one mention of the hyperspace bypass.
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They ... keep ... going ... around ... in ... circles.
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Except in this case the rocks sink slow and the beachballs drop like a rock.
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I hate when you're traveling down a spiral arm at 465m/s and you have to SLAM on the brakes because a bunch of systems have slowed down to a crawl to gawk at some dumbass who went nova. Geez, people, I've got sectors to see, and a job interview seven light-hours away!
Duh ! Potatoes aren't designed to sail about the place but ships are.