Thursday, February 23, 2006

New Galaxy Discovered


Now, I couldn’t give two shits about the deep, dark, recesses of outer space. But you have to admit, that is a pretty cool fucking picture!?!
Astronomers have found that a diffuse X-ray glow in our galaxy is not generated by hot gas but rather it's radiating from old stars that have yet to be counted.

There could be roughly a billion stars we didn't know about in the Milky Way, they said Wednesday.

The discovery, if confirmed, "would have a profound impact on our understanding of the history of our galaxy, from star-formation and supernova rates to stellar evolution," according to a statement released by NASA.
Go here if you want to bore yourself with more deep space information.