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PhastPhred Prince
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:59 am Post subject: Cosmic Cloud on Collision Course |
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Govert Schilling - Cosmic Cloud on Collision Course
SCIENCENOW 2008 Issue 111
"Smith's Cloud is speeding toward the Milky Way at more than half a million miles per hour (870,000 km/h) and will impact the galaxy in less than 40 million years "When it hits, it could set off a tremendous burst of star formation," Lockman said. Over a few million years, the impact zone will look like a celestial fireworks display, complete with many supernova "blockbusters." The team believes the cloud impact will occur about 90 ° ahead of the Sun and slightly farther away from the galaxy's center."
Good coverage here: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6476
"A new study of an unusual, elongated hydrogen cloud shows it's on a collision course with the Milky Way. "The leading edge of this cloud is already interacting with gas from our galaxy," said Felix "Jay" Lockman of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia."
Sir Farty, no doubt... _________________
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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If we can survive the gaseous one, we can survive anything! _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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Fart in your gen direxion I am the goatse.cx guy
Joined: 24 May 2002 Posts: 2022 Location: Regrettably for you, I'm Upwind in Upstate N.Y.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Cosmic Cloud on Collision Course |
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PhastPhred wrote: |
The leading edge of this cloud is already interacting with gas from our galaxy
Sir Farty, no doubt... |
Give me 2 hours at Mama Rositas Bean Burrito all-you-can-eat Buffet Blowout on Wednesday night, shoot me up in the space shuttle (you won't need them pesky booster rockets), point my ass in the right direction and I'll make quick work of this . Of course the shuttle may end up past Pluto by the time I finish, but that's ok cuz they got them there GPS units on that thing so we'll get 'er back . _________________ Ni ! Ni !
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Why would you need a space shuttle? Just let 'er rip, and just put one hand on each cheek to steer yourself. _________________ 0.0 Giggly hertzes Folding!
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry KWSN ArchBishop
Joined: 20 May 2002 Posts: 5117 Location: Beer City, Cheese Quadrant
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Cosmic Cloud on Collision Course |
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Fart in your gen direxion wrote: | Give me 2 hours at Mama Rositas Bean Burrito all-you-can-eat Buffet Blowout on Wednesday night, shoot me up in the space shuttle (you won't need them pesky booster rockets), point my ass in the right direction and I'll make quick work of this . Of course the shuttle may end up past Pluto by the time I finish, but that's ok cuz they got them there GPS units on that thing so we'll get 'er back . |
Going past Pluto is no problem, just as long as it doesn't go past Uran ... uh ... the seventh planet. |
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mohrorless Mail Order Goat Bride
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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I think stopping would be the problem.... _________________ Fetch me the Holy Hand Grenade!
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: |
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mohrorless wrote: | I think stopping would be the problem.... |
The problem might well be breathing (and I'm not thinking about the lackof air) _________________ Creationists believe they never evolved; I agree with them.
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry KWSN ArchBishop
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Al Dente wrote: | mohrorless wrote: | I think stopping would be the problem.... |
The problem might well be breathing (and I'm not thinking about the lackof air) |
In space, no one can s̶m̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶f̶a̶r̶t̶ hear you scream. |
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PhastPhred Prince
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Well, maybe we can't smell 'em, but they still singe nose-hairs, peel paint off of walls and act as an insect repellant...
But maybe I'm wrong... But then again, I'm not about to TRY to find out!!
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Fart in your gen direxion I am the goatse.cx guy
Joined: 24 May 2002 Posts: 2022 Location: Regrettably for you, I'm Upwind in Upstate N.Y.
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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jbyram2 wrote: | Why would you need a space shuttle? Just let 'er rip, and just put one hand on each cheek to steer yourself. |
I have a little more class and decorum than that, admittedly not much more, but more . |
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