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ljk — 6/13/2006 9:11:29 PM (archived)

Science/Astronomy:

* Startling Galactic Highway Found in Milky Way

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060613_star_stream.html

A newly detected stream of stars festoons the northern sky in a sweeping arc
that cuts across the entire constellation of Ursa Major (through the Big
Dipper), from just above the head of Leo the lion to the constellation Cancer
the crab.

* Extreme Galaxies Much Like Our Own

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060612_extreme_galaxies.html

Researchers have found a way to probe the secrets of remote, extreme galaxies by
looking at their cosmic cousins closer by.

The whole thread (11 posts)

Milky Way arms pinned down - SteveS - 6/5/2006 4:17:07 PM
- re: Milky Way arms pinned down - phil - 6/5/2006 7:53:49 PM
  - Dark Matter - SteveS - 6/6/2006 1:01:04 AM
    - re: Dark Matter - phil - 6/6/2006 1:25:12 AM
- See also - LJK - 6/5/2006 4:30:08 PM
  - re: See also - SteveS - 6/5/2006 4:46:06 PM
    - Density wave - ER - 6/6/2006 3:38:18 PM
      - On the formation of extended galactic disks by tidally disrupted dwarf galaxies - LJK - 6/8/2006 3:55:18 PM
        
        The Long Bar in the Milky Way. Corroboration of an old hypothesis - ljk - 6/12/2006 7:59:41 PM
        
        Is the SMC Bound to the LMC? The HST Proper Motion of the SMC - ljk - 6/12/2006 8:04:11 PM
        
        Highway in the Sky - ljk - 6/13/2006 9:11:29 PM

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