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First Invisible Galaxy Discovered in Cosmology Breakthrough
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| February 23, 2005
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 02/23/2005 4:11:58 PM PST by AntiGuv
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To: longshadow
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... :(
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posted on
02/23/2005 6:22:34 PM PST
by
Iscool
To: Sterco
Maybe your cousin should have taken a cosmetology class.
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posted on
02/23/2005 6:30:46 PM PST
by
Ben Chad
To: PatrickHenry
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.
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posted on
02/23/2005 6:50:45 PM PST
by
ngc6656
To: AntiGuv
![](http://www.joelcomm.com/archives/sixthsense.jpg)
"I see dark matter..."
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:01:23 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Astro BUMP)
To: edcoil
I discovered plenty of these. Find em all over the place.
Mostly at night. Plenty of dark areas. I named em too.
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:36:30 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: Rudder
Your telling. That's not fair.
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:37:15 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: Iscool
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.
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:38:46 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: Physicist
There was already an article that theorized the center of the galaxy was made of chocolate.
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:39:44 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: Rudder
As I stated before, gravity is a side effect of electro-magnetism.
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:41:42 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: AntiGuv
![](http://www.zabawyzbronia.spinka.pl/img/prasowe/michael%20moore.jpg)
Darkmatter, gravity,gas,all the stuff in this article
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:42:05 PM PST
by
woofie
To: PatrickHenry
To: Rudder
Here's a new football stadium we are building.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:08:53 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: UCANSEE2
Here's a new football stadium we are building.Okay...you are frigg'n hilarious!
Meanwhile, I'm still seeking the pontifical neuron.
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:38:02 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: AntiGuv
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.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:23:26 AM PST
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: AntiGuv
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.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:26:19 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: !1776!
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. :(
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:35:46 AM PST
by
stremba
To: AntiGuv
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!!
To: AntiGuv
Not relevant to the article, but a cool site
here.
To: <1/1,000,000th%
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posted on
02/24/2005 3:54:27 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: <1/1,000,000th%; RadioAstronomer; longshadow
Yeah, neat site. Very neat. Bookmarked (so I can find my way back home).
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:40:53 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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