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by Osage
Wed May 12, 2010 8:41 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Antennae (2010 May 07)
Replies: 35
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Re: APOD: The Antennae (2010 May 07)

Thanks, I have a habit of thinking in linear three dimensional terms. That explains it nicely.
by Osage
Mon May 10, 2010 5:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Antennae (2010 May 07)
Replies: 35
Views: 3633

Re: APOD: The Antennae (2010 May 07)

From the Big Bang onward, it would seem to me that all significant mass (ie galaxies) would be travelling outward spherically from the point of the explosion with that sphere having an ever-expanding radius. I can see how individual nova could send mass in different directions, but as far as galaxy ...