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Old 01-31-2013   #1
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Default Galactic Monster Dwarfs the Milky Way
Jan 14, 2013 09:23 AM ET // by Irene Klotz






As far as spiral galaxies go, the Milky Way is a relative pipsqueak, especially when compared to one known as NGC 6872, a barred spiral galaxy located some 212 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pavo.

Spanning 522,000 light-years from end to end — roughly five times larger than the Milky Way — NGC 6872 has been crowned the king of spiral galaxies, based on an analysis of data gathered by NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer telescope.

PHOTOS: Hubble Logs Millionth Observation

Fueling the galaxy’s growth is its ongoing interaction with a small disk galaxy, known as IC 4970, which is visible only in ultraviolet light.

Computer simulations indicate the dwarf galaxy, which is about one-fifth the size of the spiral galaxy, made its closest pass by NGC 6872 about 130 million years ago. Its gravitational tugging kicked up a flurry of star formation in the process.

http://news.discovery.com/space/gala...way-130114.htm
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!! There it is! A gigantic galactic space cat, coupled with the recent findings that cats kill billions annually pretty much seals our fate. Who'd a thought? Certainly not the Mayans.
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!! There it is! A gigantic galactic space cat, coupled with the recent findings that cats kill billions annually pretty much seals our fate. Who'd a thought? Certainly not the Mayans.
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Looks like Sauron is regaining power.
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I don't know I just looked at the pictures.
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Yeah, and you just subscribe to Playboy for the articles.
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Nah, especially with the vast resources of the interwebs, there's no ned to pay. For articles that is.
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The Eye of Sauron!!

Oh and to the OP, I believe the plural of dwarf is dwarves

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Oh and to the OP, I believe the plural of dwarf is dwarves

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And you'd be right. The only problem is dwarfs used there is a verb not a noun.
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And you'd be right. The only problem is dwarfs used there is a verb not a noun.
I know I was being funny with my Eye of Sauron reference since dwarves in that context would be dwarves, not dwarfs

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I know I was being funny with my Eye of Sauron reference since dwarves in that context would be dwarves, not dwarfs

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Sorry Boss. That went over my tiny head.
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