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Teenager Makes Discovery About Galaxy Distribution
Janek Kozicki writes "It has been long thought that dwarf galaxies orbiting Andromeda galaxy (M31), or any other galaxy for that matter, are distributed more or less randomly around the host galaxy. It seemed so obvious in fact that nobody took time to check this assumption. Until a 15-year-old student, Neil Ibata, working with his father at the astronomic observatory, wanted to check it out. It turned out that dwarf galaxies tend to be placed on a plane around M31. The finding has been published in Nature. Local press (especially in France) is ecstatic that a finding by a 15-year-old got published in Nature. However, there's another more important point: what other obvious things didn't we really bother to check?"
Ohhh, jelous that you in your 30s have accomplished less than a kid of 15? Well, maybe if you stop eating so much, and move out of your parents' garage, you too might accomplish an infinitesmal fraction of what this kid accomplished, by the time you're 60.
STFU what have you done of note lately?
Indeed. It is amazing the amount of prosperity that a 13% flat tax has generated for Russia. If you're already an oligarch.
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