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RosieG

I don't know what this means but it sounds VERY IMPORTANT. Is it?

NASA discovered that the Milky Way has a"broken" arm that stretches for 3000 miles.

The meaning of which is what?

Posted - August 19, 2021
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  • 44553
    It is 3000 light years, and to me, it is of no importance other than a minor curiousity.
      August 19, 2021 9:18 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Really? Okey dokey. Different strokes. I'm curious about everything even stuff I don't understand. GO FIGGER! Thank you for your reply.
      August 19, 2021 12:41 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    Hmmm. Yes, I would think 3000 light-years, not 3000 miles, too although I did not know of this find.

    It might not be very significant unless it reveals some effect worth further investigating; but still of interest, given that the Milky Way is our own galaxy.

    By way of scale, 3000 miles is about the average width of the North Atlantic and 1/83 the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

    Our nearest star other than the Sun of course, is about 4.5 light-years away. That's not far, astronomically. (The Sun is only about 8.33 light-minutes away.)
      August 22, 2021 5:19 PM MDT
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