BREAKING! Milky Way is really old.

Kevin DrumMay 12, 2022 – 7:47 am8 Comments

It's the "Breaking News" banner that I find sort of funny here.

8 thoughts on “BREAKING! Milky Way is really old.”

cld May 12, 2022 – 10:03 am at

It's a gentle giant that likes donuts, the link tells us.
wvmcl2 May 12, 2022 – 10:34 am at

The news is that they got an image of it - not the fact that is exists, which has been known for some time.
golack May 12, 2022 – 10:43 am at

Next up, selfies with the invisible man...

For a non-pay wall article:
https://www.cnet.com/science/space/features/astronomers-reveal-first-ever-image-of-the-milky-ways-black-hole/
And note, temps of the gases around the black hole are millions of degrees C, not trillions.
Salamander May 12, 2022 – 12:05 pm at

So Beowulf Shaeffer was wrong and the puppeteers had no reason to flee the galaxy.
bebopman May 12, 2022 – 1:40 pm at

Made you look!
Citizen99 May 12, 2022 – 2:30 pm at

That's funny. I thought it was only, like, 6 or 7 years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pta-gf6JaHQ
Andrew May 12, 2022 – 9:51 pm at

And in other breaking news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
1. Anandakos May 13, 2022 – 1:06 pm at
  
  But Ferdie the Fierce is coming back to the Philippines in his "BongBong" persona.

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