Milky Way Is Square(ish), According To New Map 123
KentuckyFC writes "The structure of the Milky Way is notoriously difficult to work out because we see our galaxy edge on. That means nearer clouds and stars are superimposed on more distant ones and telling them apart is hard. However, astronomers have unveiled a new map based on velocity measurements made on 870 clouds of carbon monosulphide. This has revealed a number of new features of the Milky Way including a previously unknown spiral arm, some 30,000 light years from the galactic core. But the most surprising finding is that some of our galaxy's spiral arms are straight rather than curved, giving the Milky Way a distinctly square look. That's not quite as outrageous as it sounds. Astronomers know of a number of other galaxies with straight arms, such as the pinwheel galaxy M101. So ours probably looks something like this."
Re:Misleading article (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My God, it's full of stars! (Score:5, Funny)
But hey, I am not 100,000 light years away to make that kind of judgment.
I am. It is why I can never get first post.
Re:Ohhhhhhhhhh (Score:3, Funny)
Sadly, this was pretty much along the lines of my first thoughts when I read the headline as well.
I for one... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:My God, it's full of stars! (Score:1, Funny)
Nah. Nazi makes more sense. For his "chosen people", god sure did fuck around with the Jews.
Kind of like when a house cat finds a grasshopper--instead of just indulging its predatory instincts by eating it and ending its misery, the cat better enjoys bringing it inside, picking off its legs, batting it around, etc.
Re:No, they have it wrong... (Score:3, Funny)
They already think that space is a large chunk of fabric with giant marbles on it...
Re:Ohhhhhhhhhh (Score:5, Funny)
You insensitive clod (Score:1, Funny)
The article has a picture of a galaxy with no caption. A casual reader will assume the picture is of our own galaxy, but it is actually a picture of M101.
M101 is my own galaxy!
Re:My God, it's full of stars! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:My God, it's full of stars! (Score:3, Funny)
So it looks like a swastika? (Score:2, Funny)
Suspected as much. (Score:4, Funny)
Ah, the Milky Way. (Score:3, Funny)