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2025-11-07 16:41:49

badastro@mastodon.social

Welp, time to fess up: I've been lying to you for years. Years!

I've been saying the Milky Way has a flat disk. And it kinda is, but it also very much isn't. It's warped. And corrugated!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-the-milky-way-warped/

#DoTheArmWave

2025-11-07 16:43:12

Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon

Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot

@badastro

stored too slose to a heater and warped the space vinyl.

2025-11-07 16:45:34

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

Sign in a shop: "Please note, Cat milk does not come from cats"

@badastro

Also, the Milky Way is not made with milk 😱 😱 😱

2025-11-07 16:57:46

*_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua Which country needs to show this to their buyers?

2025-11-07 17:05:10

Paul Sutton (zleap)

zleap@techhub.social

@badastro

For some reason, the fact our galaxy is not flat and is warped makes sense to me, given stars are not flat either, the galaxy exists in a three dimentinal plane, and are having an impact on each other in some way. so it kinda makes sense the edges are how you describe. Maybe as with a Fedora hat, the edge are forced in to some sort of shape by both the matter in that region and perhaps the so-called dark matter that also exists, which must also be impacting the stars and the space between those stars.

2025-11-07 17:08:05

Paul Sutton (zleap)

zleap@techhub.social

@badastro

Out of interest, would if the universe did collapse would it not need some degree of energy to do so ? and would it colllapose slowly or quickly. Or even if it just reached a certain size woud it not need energy to stay at the endpoint size.

If you blow a balloon up it will slowly deflate, however if you could maintain the pressure in the balloon would it stay inflated?

2025-11-07 17:10:35

kwayk42

kwayk42@sechtor.social

@badastro why was my first thought in response to this "great now people can believe in the 'flat Galaxy' conspiracy"

2025-11-07 17:14:24

Wayne the Science Guy

nutrino57@social.vivaldi.net

@badastro You were obviously not lying in the past. Just better informed these days.

2025-11-08 03:39:51

Kevin Russell

kevinrns@mstdn.social

@badastro

Is Anne? Anne Drommida?