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Monday, September 21, 2009

Colbert on the Milky Way's Mass Estimates

At the January meeting of the American Astronomical Society a group of radio astronomers announced that the Milky Way was about 50% more massive than previously thought. Stephen Colbert, possibly the greatest comedic mind of our time, got wind of that morsel of news and here's the result (Warning: May cause scientists to fall out of their chairs laughing):
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3 comments:

  1. Joseph SmidtSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:56:00 PM PDT

    Nick, that was funny. I about died when he made reference to Andromeda's apparent magnitude. :)

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  2. Serge Le Coz L'EternelSeptember 23, 2009 at 4:34:00 AM PDT

    « the Milky Way was about 50% more massive than previously thought »
    With all the milk which is dumped by some Europeans, it is possible :b .

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  3. Dave C.September 23, 2009 at 7:57:00 AM PDT

    Thanks, I needed that.

    I might also add that our Milky way also has a couple of smaller galaxies (large and small Magellanic clouds) that have been pulled in, JUST LIKE the Andromeda galaxy. In your face, Andromeda!

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