[decimon]

"More important, it's denser, with 50 percent more mass, which is like weight."

[Sudetenland]

"...with 50 percent more mass, which is like weight."

Like really?

News for low I.Q.'s

[Poison Pill]

mass, which is like weight.

Journalists. Is there anything they DON'T know?

[messierhunter]

I’m not saying they’re wrong, but the article seems to indicate that they based their findings on a sampling of 10 stars. That’s obviously a small sampling of a galaxy containing hundreds of billions of stars. How can the researchers be confident that their results are not skewed by having a small sample size? What if those 10 stars are moving abnormally fast for unrelated reasons? I don’t see how you can rule out “localized” inconsistencies unless these stars were each selected from vastly different parts of the galaxy with a very low standard deviation.

[philsfan24]

when andromeda comes to take us on a few billion from now, we’ll be ready. bring it.

[AFreeBird]

A History Channel show on The Universe, said the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are headed for a collision, which will create a super galaxy.

Somebody page Algore about this. We need a plan to combat this galactic change.

[willgolfforfood]

That sounds like Yogi Berra on an Aflac commercial saying, "...and they give you cash, which is just as good as money."

Technically though, mass and weight are NOT the same thing.

[MarineBrat]

...mass, which is like weight.

ROFL! Actually, it's missing some punctuation according to my "Valley Girl Official Thesarus." Shouldn't it be like this?

...mass, which is, like, weight.

[samtheman]

So the long-forecast collision between the neighboring galaxies is likely to happen sooner and less likely to be a glancing blow, Reid said.

But don't worry that's at 2 to 3 billion years away, he said.

Interesting. What was the previously-predicted time-frame? Anybody know?

[allmendream]

Mass is universal. Something 100 grams will be 100 grams on Earth, the moon, or in space.

Weight is conditional. Something 100 lbs on earth will be 1,000 lbs in 10 Gravities and 10 lbs at 1/10th Gravity.

[mikrofon]

"...with 50 percent more mass, which is like weight."

Likely written by a "science" reporter, who is a lightweight...

[Scythian]

Ping me if you want on the “Make believe Astronomy Science and Other Outlandish Science Claims Ping List” ....

[SunkenCiv]

newer, similar topic:

Milky Way a Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | 1/5/09 | CfA
Posted on 01/05/2009 2:41:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2159221/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon.

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[Sopater]

Yeah, after the holidays it's not uncommon to notice that you've accumulated more mass, that's like weight.