[LibWhacker]

It'd be wild if we found out that our own solar system was cannibalized from one of these dwarf galaxies.

[trebb]

So, are we unilateraly going after this other galaxy or do we have the consent of the other galaxies?

[DannyTN]

Well I always thought this galaxy was too small. I think we should cannibalize all the galaxy's we can.

[My2Cents]

Welcome, neighbor.

[pgyanke]

As for the discovery of more dwarf galaxies, Irwin is cautious: "Instrumentation is now so good that there are not too many hiding places left for dwarf galaxies. There may be a few more yet to be discovered, but not many."

This sounds a lot like "everything that can be invented, has been invented" (paraphrased, obviously, from the early part of 20th century).

[AppyPappy]

In my freezer, the Milky Way is next to the Snickers.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Most interesting!

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[pabianice]

The UN has already introduced a bill to protect this new galaxy from "the capitalistic, imperialistic, racist, sexist, homophobic, mysogenistic Milky Way Galaxy, which has a Confederate flag on its bumper and a gun rack in the back window..."

[kidd]

It is so close that the Milky Way is gradually consuming it by pulling in its stars. But it will be few billion years before it is entirely swallowed up.

Have you ever noticed that science "news for non-scientists" articles/television almost always need to include some feature of impending doom?

Astronomy articles need to note when we're going to be swallowed up or collided with.

Wildlife shows almost always end with "...but this magnificent creature is threatened mostly by one other...man. Soon we will no longer be able to observe this rare beauty because of..."

Nearly any technological advancement is evaluated for its effect on global warming, rain forest depletion, ozone hole enlargement or cancer risk.

Do these publishers really believe that we need to be frightened into finding an interest in their news?

[LaMudBug]

Is this a case of Celestial Manifest Destiny? Are the libs aware that this is happening? Should not a protest movement be started? Is it the fault of Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfiedl, the RNL, Regan, Rush, etc...?

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP

[LaMudBug]

Is this a case of Celestial Manifest Destiny? Are the libs aware that this is happening? Should not a protest movement be started? Is it the fault of Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfiedl, the RNL, Regan, Rush, etc...?

[Poohbah]

It is twice as close to the centre of our galaxy than the previous record holder, the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy.

Is this dwarf galaxy now an angry drunken dwarf galaxy, like Hank? Baba-booey! (c8

[Semper Paratus]

Milky Way is not in its middle age - it is still forming

A sobering thought that there are older galaxies with possibly far far advanced civilizations.

"Resistance is Futile".

[PhilipFreneau]

>> The nearest galaxy to our own Milky Way has been revealed. It is so close that the Milky Way is gradually consuming it by pulling in its stars. But it will be few billion years before it is entirely swallowed up.

Reminds me of a call-in show where a frantic female caller asked Carl Sagan, "How long before sun expands and engulfs the earth?" Sagan replied, "About 10 billion years". "Thank God," said the caller. "I thought you said 10 million."

[ThinkPlease]

Chances are, probably not. Most of the stars in this area of space have the same composition, which leads us to believe that those stars were born at or nearly the same time, and in the same region of space. We can detect interloper stars pretty quickly, because they are not moving in orderly ellipses like all of the others.

[KarlInOhio]

It is so close that the Milky Way is gradually consuming it by pulling in its stars. But it will be few billion years before it is entirely swallowed up.

The Milky Way is running down other galaxies like a interstellar SUV < /sarcasm>

[RightWhale]

"In computer models we have run, some stars do seem to rain down close to the Solar System," says Irwin.

Why worry about killer asteroids or solar flares when you can worry about falling stars from another galaxy?

[Conservomax]

Wow, Interesting.
And here I was think Milky way's nearest neighbor was a snickers bar.

[Conservomax]

Wow, Interesting.
And here I was thinking Milky way's nearest neighbor was a snickers bar.