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The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:08 pm
by TazManiac
Article from Space.com relates that the seemingly flat disk of the Galaxy we are in, is indeed bent and warped instead.

https://www.space.com/milky-way-3d-map- ... shape.html

There is even some accompanying videos (like this one w/ some folks from a Polish Institute)

https://www.space.com/milky-way-3d-map- ... wsource=cl

Science!

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:37 pm
by Hansontoons
Poetry in motion!

Though Jasper is not convinced that it is safe to go outside when faced with such an endless universe.

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Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:07 pm
by TazManiac
It's OK Jasper- We Are Starstuff...

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:43 am
by Atomic
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion-year-old carbon
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:32 am
by jwhouk
...wasn't that last month?

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:00 pm
by Bookworm
jwhouk wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:32 am ...wasn't that last month?
Geologic time, historical eras, "normal" time, or government "We'll get to that soon" time?

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:23 pm
by Warrl
The galaxy is bent and twisted - our kind of place!

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:39 am
by GlytchMeister
While “we are stardust” is nice and romantic...

I sometimes prefer “we are shrapnel.”

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:43 am
by Typeminer
We're what you get when you compress a whole bunch of hydrogen and wait awhile. :shock:

Re: The Galaxy is Bent and Twisted...

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:30 pm
by TazManiac
Typeminer wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:43 am We're what you get when you compress a whole bunch of hydrogen and wait awhile. :shock:
(don't ferget the Primordial Lithium...)