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Topic started on 9-6-2006 @ 05:28 AM by Arcane Demesne
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A string of new stars have been discovered by a canadian astronomer. Within this line, no dark matter exits...but a huge sphereical shape of dark
matter exists all around our galaxy...I find that strange.
"What we can see of the stream is over 30,000 light years long," Grillmair said, "although it may actually be much longer than that since we are
currently limited by the extent of the survey data. I would actually be somewhat surprised if the stream doesn't extend completely around the
Galaxy."
The astronomers think the stars on this cosmic highway date back nearly to the beginning of the universe and are the fossil remains of a star cluster
that, in its prime, contained between 10,000 and 100,000 star
Pretty awesome, I can't wait to see what they discover about the early Universe using this. 
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reply posted on 9-6-2006 @ 09:06 AM by Arcane Demesne
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50 views and no replies?
C'mon people...there are huge, vast amounts of stars held together by nothing and swirling through space!!! And they are wrapping around our Galaxy
as we speak at over a million miles an hour!!! Couldn't that cause a disturbance in our very own Galaxy's formation?
Why is no one interested?! 
edit: spelling 
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reply posted on 9-6-2006 @ 09:13 AM by LazarusTheLong
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Its an awesome natural process that we will only see the smallest portion of, during our lifetime... (unfortunatley).
and yes, I eagerly await the effect this has on theories of cosmic development.
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reply posted on 9-6-2006 @ 09:55 AM by Mouth
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Pretty freaking awesome. any links to better pics than the one on that site?
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reply posted on 9-6-2006 @ 02:33 PM by Arcane Demesne
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I dunno. That was the only article I could find, and it was only written a few hours before I posted (I think). There might be more info o nthe net
now. Anyone feel like searchin'? 
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reply posted on 11-6-2006 @ 05:17 PM by StellarX
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Should we not really be talking about the recent discovery of galactic clusters further back in time than ever before ? Does this mean the universe is
far far older than we thought or does it mean we are getting the distance measurements wrong?
Anyways.
Stellar
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reply posted on 12-6-2006 @ 04:55 AM by Arcane Demesne
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 Originally posted by StellarX
Should we not really be talking about the recent discovery of galactic clusters further back in time than ever before ? Does this mean the universe is
far far older than we thought or does it mean we are getting the distance measurements wrong?
Anyways.
Stellar
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Sure, in a thread about the Universe's age.
I just thoust it was interesting to here that old strings of stars form an old already disbanded galaxy are wrapping around our own galaxy, and these
stars have no dark matter in between them.
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reply posted on 12-6-2006 @ 04:58 AM by sardion2000
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Originally posted by StellarX
Should we not really be talking about the recent discovery of galactic clusters further back in time than ever before ? Does this mean the universe is
far far older than we thought or does it mean we are getting the distance measurements wrong?
Anyways.
Stellar
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From what I gather, Cosmologists think the Universe is over 100 Billion Years old, whereas most Astronomers firmly believe with many many calculations
and observations to back it up, that the age of the universe is 13.7 billion years old, give or take a few hundred million years or so. 
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reply posted on 12-6-2006 @ 02:56 PM by StellarX
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Originally posted by sardion2000
From what I gather, Cosmologists think the Universe is over 100 Billion Years old,
Never seen that claim in print before ; feel free to link me to it.
whereas most Astronomers firmly believe with many many calculations and observations to back it up,
They always have those and they still somehow manage to generally get it all wrong.
Thanks for telling me what i already know instead of actually addressing my question as to how that claim has now been proven all but completely
inaccurate.
Maturity of Farthest Galaxy Cluster Surprises Astronomers
Stellar
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reply posted on 12-6-2006 @ 06:00 PM by Arcane Demesne
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StellarX
Thanks for that awesome link. I can't believe they found such young hot galaxies amidst the oldest and dead red spectrum ones. Does that mean the old
had died long ago, so that makes the new ones ~14 BYO, and the older ones, much older?
Ha, Science is always retracting statements. I like that, it means they like to learn! (or come to conclusions too fast )
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