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Massive Gamma Ray Bubbles Discovered In Milky Way
An anonymous reader writes "Two huge, mysterious gamma ray-emitting bubbles have been discovered at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, US astronomers said... The structure spans more than half of the visible sky, from the constellation Virgo to the constellation Grus, and it may be millions of years old."
Sorry, that was me. I made beans and rice this weekend.
So they used noisy data to try and algorithmically guess what was hidden behind a bunch of "fog" and got a giant bubble, and now their conclusion is "there's a giant bubble!" and not "Maybe we have a systematic error in our analysis..."? To be fair, it's possible there is a giant bubble, I don't know the math here, but it seems... suspect.
Anyway, this article sounds way cooler.
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I looked at the photo and it doesn't look like bubbles.
Dark Taco Bell.
This is also responsible for the increasing expansion of the universe.
The Pentagon denies that its gamma-ray bubbles were operating near the galactic center 25,000 years ago, and the State Department is being tight-lipped as well.
I'm sure I'm missing something, but I thought gamma ray bursts could occur as a result of black hole formation, which I thought was quite prevalent in the center of the galaxy. Wouldn't this be (or why isn't this) the top suspect?
My bubbles. They are MINE.
"Two huge, mysterious gamma ray-emitting bubbles"...spans more than half of the visible sky, from the constellation Virgo to the constellation Grus, and it may be millions of years old.
Now THAT was some seriously bad Mexican food.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
To whoever makes the best sexual innuendo related to this article.
Massive [...] bubbles discovered in Milky Way? Are you kidding me?
Are you telling me we're living inside a giant Aero chocolate bar?
This is why I eat Snickers instead.
I have never eaten a gamma ray bubble with a Snickers.
Let me know when you start to see Puppeteers.
hope this doesn't alter the taste of the creamy nougat.
"So I says to him, 'Jesus quit farting in the bathtub!', but by my Holy Ghost, do you think he'll listen?"
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Hmmm...massive gas bubbles...and right after the U.S. election. Coincidence?
Is this Larry Niven's core explosion? We'd better get to work on that scrith, or we'd better try and hitch a ride with Puppeteers...
At least glance through the paper:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.5480
And Linux still hasn't pentrated the desktop !! All these lives WASTED !! And for what ?? For beer money !!
Dammit, where are Mike and Mary Callahan when you need 'em?
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So this is what the Ancients sent Destiny to investigate?
is that a brain scan or a gamma scan?
God called - - he asked if you could stop peeking while He's taking a bath. Thanks.
"i lost my dignity on a slippery wiener"
It's a space station.
When I saw the picture the first thing it looked like to me were those giant gets you sometimes see shooting away from black holes. I assumed that this was from the black hole in the center of our galaxy. The article says it might be, but might also be from star formation.
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Look, I know it is a bubble, still I am going to invest in it. I am sure I will be able to sense when it is going to burst and get out in time, leaving rest of those morons from Morgan Stanley and hedge fund managers holding the bag. I know, I know I have lost the house in dotcom bubble and the car and computer in the housing bubble other, but this time it is going to be different. Third time is the charm. Really. Quitters never win and Winners never quit. It is all or nothing baby. I am on a roll.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Dont these "bubbles" simply look like the jets of energy you see shooting out either end of a black hole? They're slightly curved, probably because our galaxy is moving. What the @#$% do I know. I dont even own a telescope. :/
Let's make like a bird... and get the flock outta here.
That amount of gamma radiation is going to create an Inconceivable Hulk!
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
pfft. Nothing strange about that. Call me when they discover bubbles around Uranus...
No, wait. Don't.
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My firefox RSS thingy had truncated the title to "Massive Gamma Ray Bubbles Discovered In Milk" which I think you'll agree would have been a much more interesting article :)
That the Milky Way is the only galaxy with balls big enough to create humans.
Reeses
Obviously these bubbles are shrouds of warped spacetime devised by aliens to keep them secure from killer machines.
We should poke them! Quick, someone invest monstrous quantities of money in the development of a galactic poking device!
Does the earth ever pass through the bubbles? If so, does our passing through correlate with more mutations and rapid evolution of various species in those times?
Inquiring minds that are too lazy to correlate the data themselves want to know!
Perhaps it's just a case of bad gas caused by God eating the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
__ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.
No, it was God choking on my semen.
So far I am finding the original article an interesting read. (it's in the original article NYT article)
It states that the bubble may be related to an ejection of the super massive black hole in the past 10 million years or so. You know those other galaxies that have giant lazer beams shooting out of them? Well, ours could have been like that at some point 10 million years ago. Kind makes sense that those SM black holes only occasionally and intermittently shoot stuff off, seems like just emissions like that would be hard to sustain for long periods of time. (and holy mother of Bohr, it was hard to not fall into sexual innuendo there)
Also, as far as it being a data anomaly (which I thought first due to it's symmetry and the fact that we apparently never knew about it), it apparently correlates with "hard-spectrum excess known as the WMAP haze (and) the edges of bubble also line up with features in the ROSAT X-ray maps at 1.5 - 2 KeV."
Black hole farts are funny
Black hole farts are fun
Black hole farts are how
Galactic bubbles get-er-done!
Hmmm, looks kind of like S1/S2 atomic orbitals from quantum mechanics.
I don't see why Marijuana was turned down by the CA Legislature. Space is just as warped as your mind on THC ...
New ideas for yo momma's so fat jokes
One is god, and the other is Jesus, end of story....move along, nothing to see here....
It's simply the whipped creamy filling!
What else is in a MilkyWay?
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Ain't that unglamorous.
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The size of the bubbles is truly fascinating.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/498884main_DF3_Fermi_bubble_art_labels.jpg
from the article:
I thought that a black hole was a matter-&-light-gobbling monster that never stopped. What does the quote from the article mean? How does a black hole cease to exist? What happens to it?
...for making me smile today.
Want to know why slashdot is dying? Read this post and its predecessor and note the moderation.
Wasn't this excuse used in Men in Black? "The fog happens when particles moving near the speed of light interact with light and interstellar gas in the Milky Way."
Eh? One's got a +1 "Funny", and the other one isn't moderated at all. What the hell are you going on about?
The moderation has changed since I made my comment. What I am going on about is that slashdot is awash in troll posts trying to be funny and moderation that doesn't seem to mind.
Actually, the original post still has a +3 (funny).... "Jesus quit farting in the bathtub..." What's the average age here? Eight?
The moderation has changed since I made my comment.
Well if one has a +1, and the other has nothing, that would mean that neither comment was moderated when you made your comment. Soooo .... you were complaining about moderation, because both comments hadn't yet been moderated?
I fail to see the logic.
What I am going on about is that slashdot is awash in troll posts trying to be funny and moderation that doesn't seem to mind.
I don't think you actually understand what the word "troll" means, since neither of those comments fit the definition.
I was referring to the original post, not to one of the comments that had been suppressed. Both of the comments I referred to had been moderated, and the original moronic and offensive post still has a +3. As to whether I know what the word troll means or not: 1. I refuse to get into arguments about terminology with people who are 1e6 smarter than you are. 2. If you want a flame war, go for it. I was using the word flame before there was an Internet to use it on. Don't try to tell me what the words of hackerdom mean, because I was around when the word hacker first came into use. In order to hack, you generally had to know how to use at least a screwdriver.
This one's on APOD: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101110.html
Actually, doesn't our solar system begin to line up with line-of-sight to the center of the galaxy? Hmmmm....that would be around 2012.....Uh oh....
Those thinking types amongst us will understand he is one of those truly intelligent physicists out there who don't necessarily believe in theories based upon theories based upon theories, etc..
Both of the comments I referred to had been moderated, and the original moronic and offensive post still has a +3.
No, it has a +1. If you're seeing the number "3" beside it, that's because comments start off with a 1, some get an automatic bonus of 1 for karma, and the +1 that he actually got from moderation makes it a total of 3. For me it shows up as 2, since I have the karma thingy turned off. Either way, complaining that the guy got one fucking mod point is pretty dumb. It would still be dumb if his comment were a troll, and it's even more dumb when we consider that his comment is actually mildly amusing. Despite what some fascists might think, a shitty joke is not the same as trolling.
I was using the word flame before there was an Internet to use it on.
Yah, me too. Had multiple meanings, too, including something you'd make with fuel, oxygen, and a spark, as well as being a descriptive term for the behavior of certain homosexual men. Not sure what that has to do with the usage of the word "troll" as it pertains to online communities, though.
Don't try to tell me what the words of hackerdom mean, because I was around when the word hacker first came into use. In order to hack, you generally had to know how to use at least a screwdriver.
Well I know how to use a screwdriver, a wrench, AND a hammer. In fact, if I remember correctly, the latter was the primary troubleshooting tool for pre-internet computers. So .... how many internets do I win?
Both of the comments I referred to had been moderated, and the original moronic and offensive post still has a +3.
No, it has a +1. If you're seeing the number "3" beside it, that's because comments start off with a 1, some get an automatic bonus of 1 for karma, and the +1 that he actually got from moderation makes it a total of 3. For me it shows up as 2, since I have the karma thingy turned off. Either way, complaining that the guy got one fucking mod point is pretty dumb. It would still be dumb if his comment were a troll, and it's even more dumb when we consider that his comment is actually mildly amusing. Despite what some fascists might think, a shitty joke is not the same as trolling.
It was not a shitty joke. It was an offensive joke about good science from someone who clearly had nothing better to say. It was a troll and should have been moderated accordingly. Slashdot has been inundated by comments like that. As to what "troll" means, you can seek various sources to support various definitions. To me, a troll is an offensive, off-topic or patently silly remark intended either to get attention or to disrupt the conversation without advancing it or both.
I was using the word flame before there was an Internet to use it on.
Yah, me too. Had multiple meanings, too, including something you'd make with fuel, oxygen, and a spark, as well as being a descriptive term for the behavior of certain homosexual men. Not sure what that has to do with the usage of the word "troll" as it pertains to online communities, though.
Flame in the sense it was originally used by real hackers meant just one thing: to tell someone in scorching and unforgettable terms that he had just made a complete fool of himself by saying something technically flawed in an obvious way. You don't have a clue what hackers originally hacked. Consider yourself flamed.
Don't try to tell me what the words of hackerdom mean, because I was around when the word hacker first came into use. In order to hack, you generally had to know how to use at least a screwdriver.
Well I know how to use a screwdriver, a wrench, AND a hammer. In fact, if I remember correctly, the latter was the primary troubleshooting tool for pre-internet computers. So .... how many internets do I win?
Shows how much you actually know. A soldering iron would have been much more helpful than a wrench and a hammer, and hacking had nothing to do with computers.
You must have a huge cock.
No wait, you must be a huge cock. Yeah, I think that's it.