Huge Hydrogen Cloud Will Hit Milky Way 220
diewlasing points us to a story about a hydrogen cloud, eleven thousand light-years long, which will collide with the Milky Way in a devastating crossfire of shock waves and star formation...in 20-40 million years. Mark your calendars. At least it will give us something to watch while we're waiting for Andromeda to hit us in a few billion years. Hopefully, it will look at least this cool.
"The detailed GBT study dramatically changed the astronomers' understanding of the cloud. Its velocity shows that it is falling into the Milky Way, not leaving it, and the new data show that it is plowing up Milky Way gas before it as it falls. 'Its shape, somewhat similar to that of a comet, indicates that it's already hitting gas in our Galaxy's outskirts,' Lockman said. 'It is also feeling a tidal force from the gravity of the Milky Way and may be in the process of being torn apart. Our Galaxy will get a rain of gas from this cloud, then in about 20 to 40 million years, the cloud's core will smash into the Milky Way's plane,' Lockman explained."
Hindenstromics (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shame (Score:5, Funny)
Hydrogen economy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't think it means what you think it means. (Score:5, Funny)
I bet quite a number of folks will stock up on gas masks when they'll hear these news...
Re:Hydrogen economy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Alternative energy source? (Score:3, Funny)
Awesome! (Score:2, Funny)
The Earth is 6000 years old (Score:1, Funny)
Sorry about the cloud, guys (Score:4, Funny)
Huge Gas Cloud Will Hit Milky Way (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Stock Market and Banks (Score:4, Funny)
This is extremely important (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't think it means what you think it means. (Score:3, Funny)
Oh come on. By now you should know the only deadly gas is CO2.
Re:This is extremely important (Score:4, Funny)
MegaMaid (Score:2, Funny)
Life that one down, Milky Way. (Score:5, Funny)
Don't expect to be invited to too many parties in the 20,002,007AD-40,002,007AD season.
Re:Shot in the Dark (Score:5, Funny)
Discrimination? (Score:1, Funny)
No lesbian astronomers involved in the study, then?
hudrogen rush (Score:4, Funny)
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You sure it's intelligence? (Score:3, Funny)
"Oh, like, those Sol guys are, like, soo nerdy, always with their, like, radio-teles-wossnames and their gizmos. And, like, God, they just can't take a hint when they're, like, not wanted. You'd think, like, after they got ignored a dozen times, they'd, like, quit trying to get our attention already. I mean, gah, gag me with a spoon, like I'd ever want to be seen talking to some geek who's, like, fiddling knobs all day. Those SETI guys should, like, so get a _life_. I mean, like, geesh, like they'll ever get laid if they're, like, fiddling with that telescope all day. And, geesh, what's with those _clothes_? Fer crying out loud, those suits are sooo, like, last _millenium_. And have you seen those haircuts? Like, gag me with a spoon. They should, like, take a hint from those guys from Rigel. Mmm, those are soo dreamy. 'Course, I bet they don't want to be seen, like, nursing a bunch of nerds either."
Well, it's a possibility
Re:I don't think it means what you think it means. (Score:3, Funny)
God's Fart (Score:5, Funny)
You wanted hydrogen fuel? Here you go. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shot in the Dark (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting example. I would have used the puppy vs large wood chipper example.
Re:Hydrogen economy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You sure it's intelligence? (Score:3, Funny)
Who is doing the rectal probing?
Re:You sure it's intelligence? (Score:3, Funny)