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Message 1611416 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 23:55:38 UTC

Interesting read..

Talk about a big blowout!

For the first time ever, a galaxy has been observed blasting out cold, dense gas in vast quantities and at mind-boggling speed. This galactic molecular outflow" from Galaxy SDSS J0905+57 has been clocked at speeds of up to 2 million miles per hour and shown to extend outward for tens of thousands of light-years.

The remarkable observation is a "new piece of evidence" in the understanding of how galaxies form, according to Dr. James Geach, a Royal Society university research fellow at the University of Hertfordshire's Centre for Astrophysics Research in England and the leader of the international team of astronomers that made the observation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/09/galaxy-blowout-speeds-2-million-miles-an-hour_n_6290496.html
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Message 1611425 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 0:07:46 UTC

Thanks for the links Lynn, very interesting indeed.

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Message 1611491 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 1:55:40 UTC - in response to Message 1611425.  

Thanks for the links Lynn, very interesting indeed.

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Wow! That's how to fume! Thanks Lynn :)
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Message 1611496 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 2:05:35 UTC - in response to Message 1611491.  

Thanks and your welcome :)

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Message 1611661 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 10:41:30 UTC - in response to Message 1611504.  

Really interesting info, Lynn!

It so makes me want to travel all over the galaxy and take pictures!

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Message 1612766 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 11:36:30 UTC - in response to Message 1611806.  

Hope you've got good brakes! Let's go, you two! Anybody else onboard?

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Message 1614130 - Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 9:45:07 UTC - in response to Message 1612788.  

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