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NASA Snaps the Most Detailed Image of the Milky Way's Center
Popular Mechanics ^ | January 6, 2020 | Jennifer Leman

Posted on 01/07/2020 7:24:53 AM PST by C19fan

A stunning new panoramic image of the Milky Way is revealing all sorts of fresh insight.

The image shows the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, stretching about 600 light-years across, and reveals never-before-seen details of the Arches cluster, which is densest star cluster in our galaxy. And that bright white splotch in the middle of the image? That's the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, which is illuminated on all sides.

(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: archescluster; astronomy; jenniferleman; popularmechanics; science; stringtheory
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The Times Square of the Milky Way. We live in a quiet remote out of the place place.
1 posted on 01/07/2020 7:24:53 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I was expecting to see much more nougat


2 posted on 01/07/2020 7:26:40 AM PST by Spruce
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To: C19fan

Hmm. Looks curdled.


3 posted on 01/07/2020 7:29:29 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Spruce

Nyuck nyuk.


4 posted on 01/07/2020 7:31:07 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: C19fan

One galaxy out of about 100 billion at the very least. What are the chances?


5 posted on 01/07/2020 7:34:37 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: C19fan

Looks like a Yorkie..............

6 posted on 01/07/2020 7:36:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: C19fan

7 posted on 01/07/2020 7:43:11 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Red Badger

Where’s the anti matter side?


8 posted on 01/07/2020 7:43:51 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: tired&retired

Hiding behind the Dark Matter..................


9 posted on 01/07/2020 7:44:23 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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We live in a quiet remote out of the place place.

The galaxy is like the US, the densest spots like the cities. with the sparsest having the most sense. With all the 'Rats, it feels like we live in the Austin of the galaxy.

10 posted on 01/07/2020 7:45:23 AM PST by C210N
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To: Jamestown1630

One planet out of how many millions of stars in the galaxy. One galaxy out of countless billions (trillions) of galaxies. One universe out of how many multiverses ... and the best that could be blessed is one planet ? .... don’t limit God by mans ignorance


11 posted on 01/07/2020 7:45:54 AM PST by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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It seems to me that God crammed life into every possible space on Earth - we’re even discovering organisms living in environments we wouldn’t have thought possible a hundred years ago. Why would He then be stingy with Life in outer space?

Makes no sense.


12 posted on 01/07/2020 7:54:51 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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God is awesome. We are like mice in a castle, we can see it, run around in it, learn where the halls, rooms and secret passages are, but we could never build it.


13 posted on 01/07/2020 7:59:25 AM PST by oldplayer
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Another way to look at it is, that if Earth was 1% closer or farther, life couldn’t exist.

If the nearest star was 1% closer, there would be too much radiation for life.

If our solar system were 1% closer or farther from the center of our galaxy, life couldn’t exist.

Scientists are finding that instead of a random big BANG,
that our universe is actually finely tuned.

Ether view, points to a very large God.


14 posted on 01/07/2020 8:25:12 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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And that bright white splotch in the middle of the image? That's the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, which is illuminated on all sides.
And that big hot disk that came up this morning? That's our new coldspot freezer!

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15 posted on 01/07/2020 8:29:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv ( Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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So, where exactly are we?

16 posted on 01/07/2020 8:32:18 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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God is awesome. We are like mice in a castle, we can see it, run around in it, learn where the halls, rooms and secret passages are, but we could never build it.


17 posted on 01/07/2020 8:33:51 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: tired&retired

It doesn’t matter.


18 posted on 01/07/2020 8:51:03 AM PST by goldbux (No sufficiently rich interpreted language can represent its own semantics. — Alfred Tarski, 1936)
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To: C19fan

I see the hand of God:-)


19 posted on 01/07/2020 8:52:10 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: C19fan

To be sure the center is in there somewhere but exactly where?


20 posted on 01/07/2020 8:54:41 AM PST by bgill
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