[NormsRevenge]

These Spitzer Space Telescope infrared images, released January 9, 2006, show 14 massive stars on the verge of exploding as supernovae. These hefty stars reside in one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy, which scientists on Monday said is warped -- like a bowl, a saddle or the brim of a fedora hat, depending on when you look. The bluish cluster is inside the white box in the large image, which shows the star-studded region around it. A close-up of the cluster can be seen in the inset photo. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (NASA/Handout/Reuters)

[decal]

"Earth is in a fairly non-warped neighborhood...", said Leo Blitz of the University of California, Berkeley.

Boy doesn't get outside much, does he?

[SunkenCiv]

Dark matter is invisible, but it is definitely something to be reckoned with, since it makes up 90 percent of all matter in the universe.

...or, as little as zero per cent, depending on whom you talk to.

[Revelation 911]

Blitz and his colleagues analyzed hydrogen gas emissions in the warp area

risky business, analyzing gas emissions around ur-anus for dark matter

.........sorry - I couldnt resist

[beaver fever]

So when you put the Milky Way on a coffee table does it rock?

If you press it between two books does it flatten out?