Astronomers find 'new' dwarf galaxy in Milky Way's neighborhood

latimes.com ^ | Amina Khan

[BenLurkin]

Astronomers searching the sky with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an odd little dwarf galaxy in our very own backyard -- a mere 7 million light years away..

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Given that these isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxies are so hard to find, there could be many more of these fascinating galactic fossils just hanging out in the darkness of our own intergalactic neighborhood, just waiting to be found,

[LonePalm]

It had been raining in LA ever since the top of the page. I sat in my office listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desktop and reading name on the office door, regnaD kciN. I didn't hear him enter but my nostrils caught the scent of his cheap perfume, Pyramid Patchouli. There was only one joker in LA sensitive to wear that and I intended to find out who.

"Good evening Mr. Danger, my name is Rocky Rococo.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[right way right]

I wonder what speed I would have to travel to get to the “end” of the universe before time runs out.

[doorgunner69]

I suppose a question might be, when does a globular cluster become a dwarf galaxy?

Is there some qualification? Both are stuck together by gravity, I gather.

[Genoa]

There can’t be more than one universe. They would be two biverses.

[Genoa]

Or is that semiverses??

[Vaquero]

Shake the corn starch off of you mukluks and warm yourself over here by the cellophane.
Squeeze the fox and maybe he’ll pass another

Nairobi ma’am. Isn’t everyone?

He’s upstairs helping Porcelain make the bed. Porgy? Coming mother.

(These are paraphrased from the deep recesses)

[cripplecreek]

Multiverses

[central_va]

Dwarf Galaxy bump.

[LonePalm]

It depends on whether or not you take the A5 hyper-space bypass around Luton.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[LonePalm]

Now that's funny right there. Damn, I wish I had thought of that.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[The FIGHTIN Illini]

Now that’s Funny!

[Ahithophel]

We have a post of the month nominee

[LonePalm]

"Hey, that's my line."
"You wouldn't have this problem if you'd pick up your cues."
"Are those my cues?"
"Yes, why don't you pick them up out of the cellophane before they scorch."

I wonder what this says about us that we remember so much about an obscure radio play from the 1970's.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Blood of Tyrants]

Only 7 million light years? Shoot, let’s pack a lunch and go.

[omni-scientist]

I attended a University. I now know it wasn’t the only one.

[right way right]

Maybe black holes are just the pickup tubes for Gods spacequariuma and the exhaust tubes are at the other end of the universe....over that way.

[Gamecock]

You know, I used to think that the universe is a random, chaotic sequence of meaningless events, but I see now that there is reason and purpose to all things.

[trebb]

It’s INFINITY!! There is NO end to space.

Hard to tell - my mind gets tired trying to actually grasp/comprehend God without beginning or end and the assertion that He exists outside time and space which is contained within Him. How ironic that everything is contained within Him, yet He can reside in our oh-so finite hearts!