Comments on: Monster of the Milky Way http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tushar Tyagi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-137503 Tushar Tyagi Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:46:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-137503 The documentary makes me hypothesize that probably spiral galaxies are made from spherical galaxies because of the super massive black hole in their center. What formed first, the spherical galaxy of the black hole in the centre, is a seperate topic. But as explained in the program, the galaxies would start as normal spherical ones and the black holes jets would create these huge voids in two opposite directions due to there sterilization effect on normal gas and matter. These voids would create a gravitational imbalance in the structure of the spherical galaxy forcing it to collapse into a spiral disc shaped one, with the jets perpendicular to the plane of the spiral galaxies disc. The documentary makes me hypothesize that probably spiral galaxies are made from
spherical galaxies because of the super massive black hole in their center.
What formed first, the spherical galaxy of the black hole in the centre, is a
seperate topic.
But as explained in the program, the galaxies would start as normal spherical
ones and the black holes jets would create these huge voids in two opposite
directions due to there sterilization effect on normal gas and matter.
These voids would create a gravitational imbalance in the structure of the
spherical galaxy forcing it to collapse into a spiral disc shaped one,
with the jets perpendicular to the plane of the spiral galaxies disc.

]]> By: Monster repeat | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-120398 Monster repeat | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:18:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-120398 [...] will be repeated tonight. It’s a good show about the black hole in the center of our galaxy. I was a science consultant on it, in fact! So obviously it must be a superior show. That, plus it had a bunch of other scientists in [...] […] will be repeated tonight. It’s a good show about the black hole in the center of our galaxy. I was a science consultant on it, in fact! So obviously it must be a superior show. That, plus it had a bunch of other scientists in […]

]]> By: anomalous4 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22918 anomalous4 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:20:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22918 "It would be funny if they did a cookie monster parody…Stars and planets yum!" Maybe this is why they didn't: "If moon was cookie, it wouldn't be fine, 'Cause if me ate it up, then it wouldn't shine, So not like to say it, but it's plain to see, It's lucky the moon is no-o-o-o-ot -- a cookie." Just two brass farthings' worth from the mother of a former 3-year-old. Gimme cookie! “It would be funny if they did a cookie monster parody…Stars and planets yum!”

Maybe this is why they didn’t:

“If moon was cookie, it wouldn’t be fine,
‘Cause if me ate it up, then it wouldn’t shine,
So not like to say it, but it’s plain to see,
It’s lucky the moon is no-o-o-o-ot — a cookie.”

Just two brass farthings’ worth from the mother of a former 3-year-old. Gimme cookie!

]]> By: Chip http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22910 Chip Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:20:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22910 Thank you Phil. (And thank you Tivo!) Thank you Phil. (And thank you Tivo!)

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22911 The Bad Astronomer Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:12:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22911 DrFlimmer, the download link will be on that PBS page to which I linked. Chances are I'll post it again once it's live though. :-) And Bootlady, thanks for the tip. I'd love a chance to catch it again. DrFlimmer, the download link will be on that PBS page to which I linked. Chances are I’ll post it again once it’s live though. :-) And Bootlady, thanks for the tip. I’d love a chance to catch it again.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22912 Troy Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:26:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22912 It would be funny if they did a cookie monster parody...Stars and planets yum! Welll not really but it is funny for the blog. It would be funny if they did a cookie monster parody…Stars and planets yum!
Welll not really but it is funny for the blog.

]]> By: Carey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22913 Carey Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:31:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/30/monster-of-the-milky-way/#comment-22913 Ahhh, any excuse to watch something in HD! Ahhh, any excuse to watch something in HD!

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