Posted on 10/06/2025 12:42:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Spanning the sky behind the majestic Clouds of Magellan is an unusual stream of gas: the Magellanic Stream. The origin of this gas might hold a clue to origin and fate of our Milky Way's most famous satellite galaxies: the LMC and the SMC. Two leading genesis hypotheses have surfaced: that the stream was created by gas stripped off these galaxies as they passed through the halo of our Milky Way, or that the stream was created by the differential gravitational tug of the Milky Way. Measurements of slight angular motions by the Hipparcos satellite have indicated that the Clouds are leading the Stream. Now, recent radio measurements have located fresh gas emerging from the Clouds, bolstering the later, tidal explanation. Most probably, in a few hundred million years, the Magellanic Clouds themselves will fall victim to this same tidal force.
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Do the days missed get filled in after the shutdown ends?
Ooohhh...aaahhhh
So most likely absorbed by our galaxy?
Something makes me think “NO”. They will get paid, but will not make up work not performed.
It’s like the flow of tax payers dollars to illegals. (keeping it real)
This is an image from the 2019 Government shutdown. Ultimate Thule . The furthest object ever visited by spacecraft. The previous Shutdown lasted about a month and all those days have a APOD webpage .
If they post pages for the shutdown then I will have some catching up to do. Maybe my compensation will be increased accordingly. I am sure it will.
Our galaxy is currently on its lunch break.
What causes that pink color?
I think these are from radio signals which are below the visible spectrum. They probably assigned different colors for radio frequency ranges because if they posted the actual human-visible color it would be black.
Okay - all tho other galaxies are like white ....
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