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Old 10-21-2010, 10:00 AM
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away

I don't know if anyone else finds this fascinating but I believe it is amazing that we can see that far in the past.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...hing-universe/

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Old 10-21-2010, 05:51 PM
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I don't know if anyone else finds this fascinating but I believe it is amazing that we can see that far in the past.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...hing-universe/

I do.
I really enjoyed the article. Ya know, the universe is so big. I mean, so big that a million years isn't much on the scale of astronomy, nor even of most geology. What's even more amazing is that galaxies are in constant motion, and it's strange even with Andomeda. Like, without light polution, we can see it with the naked eye. But when we do see it, it's like we're looking back in time. I enjoy looking at the different kinds of galaxies with my telescope. I've always wondered how their shapes were formed. Like with the elliptical galaxies. They could have gotten that way by the collision of spiral galaxies. And then if you look at our galaxy and Andromeda, large galaxies like that, could have been formed by the merger of smaller galaxies. I just wish I could be around when our galaxy collides with Andromeda.

Thanks for posting this Ghostwriter.
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Old 10-21-2010, 07:42 PM
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I do too. LOVE this stuff.
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