Milky Way a swifter spinner, more massive, new measurements show
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 06:43
in Astronomy & Space
Fasten your seat belts - we're faster, heavier, and more likely to collide than we thought. Astronomers making high-precision measurements of the Milky Way say our Galaxy is rotating about 100,000 miles per hour faster than previously understood...
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