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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."

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  1. Re:Systematic Error by clang_jangle · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, I found another source where they managed to enhance the image of one of them and it really is a bubble.

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  2. A proposed mechanism for these bubbles exists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dark Taco Bell.

    This is also responsible for the increasing expansion of the universe.

  3. Wait a second... by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Massive [...] bubbles discovered in Milky Way? Are you kidding me?

    Are you telling me we're living inside a giant Aero chocolate bar?

  4. No need to worry yet by rcharbon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me know when you start to see Puppeteers.

  5. Re:fp by MightyMartian · · Score: 2, Funny

    "So I says to him, 'Jesus quit farting in the bathtub!', but by my Holy Ghost, do you think he'll listen?"

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  6. gas giants by gtall · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmmm...massive gas bubbles...and right after the U.S. election. Coincidence?

  7. That's no bubble by p0p0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a space station.

  8. Re:I don't see it by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Look again.

    See the two, red, bubble shaped things? Right in the middle there. Sort of coming off the center in a bubbly sort of way.

    Those are the bubbles.

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  9. Re:Mod points by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Gamma Ray Bubbles" is actually Sarah Palin's Stripper name.

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