Re: MILKY WAY GALAXY CANNIBALIZES SAGITTARIUS

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kshatriya) posted: 
> Heh , astrologers better start redoing thier calculations . Because
> saggitarius will probably have less "influence" in the future.

Sun-sign astrologers certainly have a lot to be concerned about.

Jai Maharaj
Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer
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Om Shanti

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>  news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > Milky Way Galaxy Cannibalizes Sagittarius
> > 
> > Yahoo! News
> > Wednesday, September 24, 2003 
> > 
> > Washington (Reuters) - Our Milky Way galaxy is gobbling
> > up its galactic neighbor, Sagittarius, and on Wednesday,
> > scientists offered documentary proof of this continuing
> > cosmic cannibalism. 
> > 
> > [Caption]  Wed Sep 24, 3:29 PM ET 
> > Our Milky Way galaxy (center/blue) is gobbling up its
> > galactic neighbor, Sagittarius, (red trail, from left to
> > right) and on September 24, 2003, scientists offered
> > documentary proof of this continuing cosmic cannibalism.
> > On its way to oblivion, the dwarf Sagittarius -- which is
> > about 10,000 times the mass of the Milky Way -- is
> > getting stretched, torn apart and ultimately eaten,
> > scientists at the University of Virginia and the
> > University of Massachusetts reported. REUTERS/Handout  
> > 
> > View picture here: 
> > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030924/170/5dhma.html
> > 
> > Astronomers have mapped the Sagittarius galaxy to show in
> > detail how its debris wrap around and pass through the
> > Milky Way, which contains Earth. 
> > 
> > On its way to oblivion, the dwarf Sagittarius -- which is
> > about 10,000 times the mass of the Milky Way -- is
> > getting stretched, torn apart and ultimately eaten,
> > scientists at the University of Virginia and the
> > University of Massachusetts reported. 
> > 
> > "It's clear who's the bully in the interaction," Steven
> > Majewski of the University of Virginia, lead author of
> > the report, said in a statement. 
> > 
> > The study will be published in the Dec. 20 issue of the
> > Astrophysical Journal. 
> > 
> > The act of cannibalism had been obscured by stars and
> > cosmic dust, but was revealed when astronomers looked for
> > infrared radiation coming from stars known as M giants,
> > which are common in Sagittarius but rare in the outer
> > reaches of the Milky Way. 
> > 
> > By focusing on these stars, the scientists said they were
> > able to capture the totality of the Milky Way's meal, in
> > a vision that makes it appear that our galaxy is slurping
> > the stars of Sagittarius as if they were a stellar strand
> > of spaghetti. 
> > 
> > Before this work, astronomers had detected only a few
> > scattered pieces of the disrupted Sagittarius dwarf. Even
> > the existence of Sagittarius was unknown until the heart
> > of our nearest satellite galaxy was discovered in 1994. 
> > 
> > Source -
>  http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030924/170/5dhma.html
> > 
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> > 
> > The ultimate in white male Western hegemony. Clearly this
> > abuse of our neighbors cannot be allowed to continue.
> > Send in the United Nations peace keepers, right now!
> >   /sarcasm
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by anymouse
> > 
> >  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > 
> > > which is about 10,000 times the mass of the Milky Way
> > 
> > This is an obvious typo. It must be 1/10,000th the mass, 
> > or else it would be eating us.
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by GhostofWCooper 
> > 
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> > 
> > Can someone please explain to me how in the world we can 
> > take pictures of our galaxy with us in it and know that 
> > we are a part of it?
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by Aggie Mama 
> > 
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> > 
> > > Our Milky Way galaxy is gobbling up its galactic 
> > > neighbor,
> > 
> > Turn-about is fair play. I have a galactic neighbor who 
> > is up to 450 lbs from gobbling Milky Ways.
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by TruthShallSetYouFree
> > 
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> > 
> > Does that mean that everybody born under the sign of the 
> > Sagittarius will "disappear".... Or be gobbled up by a 
> > giant milky way bar?
> >  ( 8 > 0>
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by Lion in Winter
> > 
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> > 
> > > the dwarf Sagittarius -- which is about 10,000 times 
> > > the mass of the Milky Way
> > 
> > Should be 1/10,000th
> > 
> > SO9
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by Servant of the 9
> > 
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> > 
> > I don't know. But Almond Joying this thread immensely. It 
> > is Mounds of fun.
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by TruthShallSetYouFree 
> > 
> >  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > 
> > That's the new Mobile Fox MiniCam, launched by the 
> > Chinese several years ago. The pics are beamed back from 
> > the camera in Andromeda.
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by jammer 
> > 
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> > 
> > I caught that one too. Doesn't Rueter have any editors to 
> > catch this stuff??
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by Flying Circus
> > 
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> > 
> > I snickered when I read your post! hahaha
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by Lion in Winter 
> > 
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> > 
> > There's a mirror hanging on Andromeda!
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by vger 
> > 
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> > 
> > No typo, it is about 10,000 times the mass of the Milky Way. 
> > It's like the mouse eating the boa constrictor, our tiny Milky Way 
> > is nibbling away at the huge, but diffuse, Sagittarius galaxy.
> > 
> > Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 by Rudder 
> > 
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> > End of forwarded messages
> > 
> > Jai Maharaj
> > http://www.mantra.com/jai
> > Om Shanti
> > 
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> > 
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