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(Space) Cool "Hubble Spies Galaxy's Big Bulge." Bow chicka wow wow   (space.com) divider line 17
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Pinner 2009-11-19 06:45:27 PM  
Get your telescope out of my pants!

 
Badfrog 2009-11-19 06:49:05 PM  
I love day old reruns!

 
semiotix [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-11-19 06:54:13 PM  
Two quite different processes are believed to be at play regarding the formation of bulges in spiral galaxies: either they formed rather rapidly in the early universe, before the spiral disc and arms formed; or they built up from material accumulating from the disc during a slow and long evolution.

Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here.

 
oldebayer [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 06:56:56 PM  
Did the Rabbit Constellation die? Are we going to have a bouncing baby galaxy soon?

 
100 Watt Walrus 2009-11-19 07:00:58 PM  
semiotix: Two quite different processes are believed to be at play regarding the formation of bulges in spiral galaxies: either they formed rather rapidly in the early universe, before the spiral disc and arms formed; or they built up from material accumulating from the disc during a slow and long evolution.

Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here.

He fixes the cable?

 
100 Watt Walrus 2009-11-19 07:06:43 PM  
Hi-Res & zoomable (new window)

 
elskipo 2009-11-19 07:13:04 PM  
100 Watt Walrus:
He fixes the cable?

Don't be fatuous, Walrus...

 
Arkanaut 2009-11-19 07:22:17 PM  
"To answer your question, it's that big."

 
elskipo 2009-11-19 07:28:14 PM  
Oh, uh, it's the pleats...

 
Broz_Tito [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 07:28:41 PM  
Isn't this the box galaxy that was posted some day ago ?

 
guvnor 2009-11-19 07:34:43 PM  
All the ladies checkin' out my galaxy's sugar lumps.

 
Bossk'sSegway 2009-11-19 07:40:07 PM  
Why thank you for noticing.
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stickintehmud 2009-11-19 09:03:53 PM  
images.roosterteeth.com

 
Obnox [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 09:15:22 PM  
FTA: This curiously shaped puff is often observed in spiral galaxies with small bulges and open arms, but is less common in spirals with arms tightly wrapped around a more prominent bulge

Smut.

 
PopeSchmope 2009-11-19 09:25:27 PM  
100 Watt Walrus: Hi-Res & zoomable (new window)

You forgot the NSFW warning, you bastard.

Also, I think this thread is somehow related to this one.

 
100 Watt Walrus 2009-11-19 09:57:24 PM  
PopeSchmope: 100 Watt Walrus: Hi-Res & zoomable (new window)

You forgot the NSFW warning, you bastard.

I'm trying to figure out where you could possibly work...

 
Pxtl 2009-11-20 10:28:41 AM  
When staring directly at the center of the galaxy, one can detect a faint, ethereal "X"-shaped structure. Such a feature, which astronomers call a "boxy" or "peanut-shaped" bulge, is due to the vertical motions of the stars in the galaxy's bar and is only evident when the galaxy is seen edge-on.

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