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Milky Way Heavier Than Thought, and Spinning Faster
An anonymous reader writes "The Milky Way is spinning much faster and has 50 per cent more mass than previously believed. This means the Milky Way is equivalent in size to our neighbor Andromeda — instead of being the little sister in the local galaxy group, as had been believed. One implication of this new finding is that we may collide with Andromeda sooner than we had thought, in 2 or 3 billion years instead of 5."
At least now we don't have to worry about our sun going nova, we'll all die in an intergalactic traffic accident first.
..on my Zune
For a while there I was worried it had dropped down to 1 billion years.
Well, that'll show those Andromedans not to attack "smaller" galaxies. Now who's laughing! We will plunder their mass (while watching colateral ejected mass fly out).
oh well.. still leaves plenty of time to debate which is the most robust backup method after all then?
Thought I was drunk.
Good to know it was the milky way spinning all too fast.
NO SIG
Still, it is nice to know we're not in the pipsqueak galaxy. Hoorah!?!?
The Miiilky Waaay... Fuck, yeah!
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
Ugh. Sounds like scientists just discovered my last blind date.
__ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.
I did a study.
1. Three Musketeers is the most voluminous.
2. Snickers is the densest.
3. Milky Way resulted from collision between high energy caramel particles into a Three Musketeers bar. And a new sub layer formed under the chocolate strata. The caramel particles could not penetrate the nougat.
4. Milky Way Dark has the most dark matter.
5. Mars has the biggest nuts.
WhatMeWorry!!
Still, it is nice to know we're not in the pipsqueak galaxy. Hoorah!?!?
Let's go to the Magellanic Clouds and look for somebody to beat up!
Tell that to the fat guy who got shot with a rifle round. He has a 600,000% weight advantage, yet he's still in ICU on a respirator.
Fat man 0, Remington 1.
I hate printers.
Whoa, for a moment I thought you said _million_ years. No need to panic, people.
...omphaloskepsis often...
I think my chemistry teacher would have taken off points for that one.
Heard this once.
Astrophysicists: They're often wrong but never in doubt.
That's some heavy thinking. You must have a massive intellect.
Twice as heavy! Talk about getting it wrong.
It's only a matter of time before the earth's age is readjusted to 6000 years!
I record my sleeptalking
Do you mean there is a problem with gravity in the future?
Fight Spammers!
Actually I think it was when I was playing catch with my Nephew... I missed the ball and it started orbiting ;)
A Man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties -- Albert Einstein
OH MY GOD, I WAS GOING TO HAVE KIDS, I was gonna have a great life! I may win the lottery next week! How am I going to live knowing that my great*10^7 grandkids may be killed in a tragic intergalactic traffic accident?
Now I see why they are running all those commercials about 3Musketeers being 45% lighter.
Can we all just agree that it's Way Milkier?
Cryonics - Keep cool and carry on.
Simple, the girl astronomers don't mind asking neighboring galaxies for directions. (Stubborn guys try to use math and stuff.)
Table-ized A.I.
When the tax collector comes by, we tinker with the books a bit, but then put it back big for advertising reasons.
Table-ized A.I.
Tell that to the fat guy who got shot with a rifle round. He has a 600,000% weight advantage, yet he's still in ICU on a respirator.
Did you see the bullet afterward?
Respect the Constitution
Does that mean that we age slower compared to the people in Andromeda?
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore