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Snakes on a galactic plane: First scan of space between the stars looks like writhing nest of vipers
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| Thursday, October 6th, 2011
| Rob Waugh
Posted on 10/07/2011 1:47:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Full title, "Snakes on a galactic plane: First scan of 'space between the stars' in Milky Way looks like a writhing nest of vipers".
The 'snakes' are regions of gas where the density and magnetic field are changing rapidly as a result of 'interstellar turbulence' -- a phenomenon astronomers have been trying to capture for years
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10/07/2011 1:48:01 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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Another “extra, extra” topic.
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10/07/2011 1:50:26 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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10/07/2011 1:50:50 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; windcliff
That just looks like my Bar B Q a few seconds after thinking perhaps I used too much charcoal fluid.
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10/07/2011 2:21:14 AM PDT
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Ken522
To: SunkenCiv
One of two main things I always get from looking at these pictures is how small I am in the context of all that is out there. Always a truly humbling experience. (The other thing is just how intricate the universe is, and how there is so much we know nothing about).
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10/07/2011 2:25:40 AM PDT
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spetznaz
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To: Ken522
It’ll probably be on there soon, this will then just be a preview. :’)
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10/07/2011 2:57:24 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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Sounds just like Washington DC!
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10/07/2011 3:11:19 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SunkenCiv; Quix
To: SunkenCiv
"...overlapping entangled tendrils, resembling writhing snakes."
Sure sounds like entrenched incumbents to me!
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10/07/2011 3:50:43 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(If you're not part of the solution to getting rid of 0bama, you're part of the problem.)
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like insulation or stuffing from cheap pillows, not snakes. Maybe it’s there to insulate us from the truth. Maybe it’s there to hide the Garden of Eden. I volunteer all democrats to load up on a spaceship and go check.
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posted on
10/07/2011 3:58:18 AM PDT
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BRK
To: SunkenCiv
"Snakes on a galactic plane..."
Paging Jedi Master Mace Windu...
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10/07/2011 5:15:25 AM PDT
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: .30Carbine
There you go again, giving snakes a bad name.... Not sure why a snake was used as the symbol of evil in the Genesis legend. I much prefer the Asian view, where the serpent is the symbol of wisdom.
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10/07/2011 6:00:45 AM PDT
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ixtl
(You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
It’s just rust-colored shag carpeting from the 70s. My parents had this in their family room.
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posted on
10/07/2011 6:42:26 AM PDT
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married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: SunkenCiv
Cosmic flaming loofah of the Galactic Overlord.
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a difficult place to fly, unless all that could be used as some kind of fuel.
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10/07/2011 2:41:26 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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10/07/2011 5:16:13 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: spetznaz
The more one learns, the more one learns one doesn’t know much of what there is to learn. :’)
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10/07/2011 5:18:06 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
That’s true. At times it is mind boggling - almost scary - what we do not know about.
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10/07/2011 10:40:02 PM PDT
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spetznaz
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