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Gizmodo
Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:02:13 -0700
Most galaxies, like the Milky Way, have two or more spiral "arms," but NGC 4725 only has one. Don't worry NGC 4725 you may be weird, but we still love you and think you're great looking. Space is a safe space. Computer simulations show that when a ...
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The Australian
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:08:02 -0700
The Courier-Mail has learned the child sustained several other injuries, including a spiral arm fracture. Solicitor Adam Magill, for Mr Cataldo, told the court his client had no criminal history, was an otherwise good person and was no risk of ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:01:03 -0700
The galaxy is a really huge flat disk, with the spiral arm pattern in it. Stars nearer the core orbit the center of the galaxy faster than ones farther out, and so you might expect the arms to wind up over time. But they don't. That led astronomers to ...
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The Onion (satire)
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:10:50 -0700
“Theoretically, this place ought to be perfect,” leading Terxus astrobiologist Dr. Srin Xanarth said of the reportedly blighted planet located at the edge of a spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy. “When our long-range satellites first picked it up, we ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:16:05 -0700
We reside on a spiral arm of the Milky Way known as the Local Arm, which sits between two big spiral arms called the Sagittarius Arm and the Perseus Arm. Previously, astronomers regarded our Local Arm as a minor spur, a barely noticeable nubbin of ...
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Astronomy Magazine
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:39:11 -0700
Our solar system is located about two-thirds of the way out from the Milky Way's center, in the Orion Spur, an offshoot of the Perseus spiral arm. Spitzer's infrared observations are allowing researchers to map the shape of the galaxy and its warp with ...
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NewsBiscuit (satire)
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:45:20 -0700
You could say the whole system was sort of being held at 'outer-spiral-arm's length', which was our first clue that this could be the one.' 'Once found, we decided to monitor it, and that's when our suspicions were confirmed. As soon as it realised ...
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Huffington Post UK
Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:37:21 -0700
Our solar system is located about two-thirds from the centre of the Milky Way in the Orion Spur, an offshoot of the Perseus spiral arm. Most of our familiar images of the galaxy point towards the bulky centre, but Spitzer is allowing researchers new ...
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