First Invisible Galaxy Discovered in Cosmology Breakthrough

SPACE.com ^ | February 23, 2005 | Robert Roy Britt

[Iscool]

So, it the same mass as a galaxy (theoretically), and probably has the same shape as a galaxy, and we have no other word than "galaxy" to describe objects of that size and shape, so "galaxy" it is, until somebody invents a new term for it.

And we'd like to take a picture of this thing so you could see we're not nuts; if it just wasn't so,,,,invisible... :(

[Ben Chad]

Maybe your cousin should have taken a cosmetology class.

[ngc6656]

Thanks for the ping.

My two cents were spent on the other thread: maybe the object is a protogalaxy or an eddy in the backwaters of the Virgo galaxy group.

Addendum for this thread:

A near miss by another galaxy might send ripples of increased density through the object and set the nuclear fires to burning.

[mikrofon]

"I see dark matter..."

[UCANSEE2]

I discovered plenty of these. Find em all over the place.

Mostly at night. Plenty of dark areas. I named em too.

[UCANSEE2]

Your telling. That's not fair.

[UCANSEE2]

Dark matter is just galaxies that have exceeded the speed of light. Scientists would disprove me on this, if they could just..... ascertain it's red shift.

[UCANSEE2]

There was already an article that theorized the center of the galaxy was made of chocolate.

[UCANSEE2]

As I stated before, gravity is a side effect of electro-magnetism.

[woofie]

Darkmatter, gravity,gas,all the stuff in this article

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[UCANSEE2]

Here's a new football stadium we are building.

[Rudder]

Here's a new football stadium we are building.

Okay...you are frigg'n hilarious!

Meanwhile, I'm still seeking the pontifical neuron.

[doc30]

I wonder if this could be related to brane theory - the idea that matter and light are trapped inside our 3 dimensional space, but gravity has a multidimensional aspect that allows it to leak from one universe to an adjacent universe. Perhaps this accumulation of hydrogen is around a normal galaxy, but in a nearby brane universe? That would be an interesting explaination for dark matter without having to create an exotic material.

[aruanan]

Theorists have long said most of the universe is made of dark matter. Its presence is required to explain the extra gravitational force that is observed to hold regular galaxies together and that also binds large clusters of galaxies.

An example of a secondary hypothesis being invoked to rescue the primary hypothesis from its own defects.

[stremba]

Of course the tidal forces at the event horizon would rip your half full cup apart, not to mention your body, so observing the unfolding of the universe might be a bit difficult. Sorry to spoil your party. :(

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Low luminosity galaxies have been known since at least 1996. For some reason I am unable to locate a good link.

It's President Bush's fault!!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Not relevant to the article, but a cool site here.

[AntiGuv]

Neat. Thanks!

[PatrickHenry]

Yeah, neat site. Very neat. Bookmarked (so I can find my way back home).