We're Not From Around Here, Are We?
Turns out our solar system may be from the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, and not the Milky Way.
I thought that thing about the line of the Milky Way being orthogonal to the ecliptic was pretty weird....
No wonder I felt so out of place in high school...
Turns out our solar system may be from the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, and not the Milky Way.
I thought that thing about the line of the Milky Way being orthogonal to the ecliptic was pretty weird....
No wonder I felt so out of place in high school...
posted by Winston Smith at
5:19 PM
3 Comments:
So the other students at your high school were Milky Way natives?
Interesting but false.
http://astsun.astro.virginia.edu/~mfs4n/sgr/
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS WEBPAGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE HEARD FALLACIOUS NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THE SUN BEING FROM THE SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY:
1. DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON THE WEB!
2. IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST, PLEASE FOLLOW TRADITIONAL JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS AND DO PROPER SOURCE AND FACT CHECKING! (IF OTHER SUPPOSEDLY RELIABLE NEWS AGENCIES HAD SUBSCRIBED TO THESE BASIC PRINCIPLES, YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE WASTING TIME RIGHT NOW CHASING DOWN THIS ILLEGITIMATE NEWS STORY!)
3. THE WEBSITE http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/06/27/is-the-sun-from-another-galaxy DOES A REASONABLE JOB OF ADDRESSING THE MISINFORMATION BEING CIRCULATED.
4. This web page contains the original press release text from 2003(!) that has been corrupted/misinterpreted to "support" the incorrect conclusion that the Sun did not originate in the Milky Way galaxy. Read carefully and you will see this press release only details the characteristics of the Sagittarius galaxy and nothing more. All astrophysical evidence points confidently and indisputably to the fact the Sun is now and has always been a part of the Milky Way.
Aaron--
Well, that was an attempt at humor.
Anon--
Oops. Shoulda checked...
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