Milky Way's heart revealed - Page 2

imported_Fluffy_Bunny · 08-21-2005, 02:22 PM

when i get a car i want the alloys to be just like that

Coleman · 08-21-2005, 02:28 PM

Proteus · 08-21-2005, 02:28 PM

[quote="MEAT_PUPPET":bfed7]WTF....The worlds not flat and earth isn't at the center of the universe? wallbash:

Kidding all aside, interesting article & cool pic[/quote:bfed7]

Who the hell are you?

imported_Fluffy_Bunny · 08-21-2005, 02:42 PM

Any u star people know if this is in the milky way or some other place?

[img]http://www.eznow.net/000/000004l.jpg[/img]

I'm quite fascinated by all this stuff.

Short Hand · 08-21-2005, 02:55 PM

[quote="Fluffy_Bunny":433f1]Any u star people know if this is in the milky way or some other place?

[img]http://www.eznow.net/000/000004l.jpg[/img]

I'm quite fascinated by all this stuff.[/quote:433f1]

I am pretty sure that is the eagle nebula...or the spider one not 100 % sure.

MEAT_PUPPET · 08-21-2005, 04:32 PM

[quote="Fluffy_Bunny":3d71a]Any u star people know if this is in the milky way or some other place?

[img]http://www.eznow.net/000/000004l.jpg[/img]

I'm quite fascinated by all this stuff.[/quote:3d71a]

It's what astronmers call the "Horsehead Nebula"

MEAT_PUPPET · 08-21-2005, 04:33 PM

[quote=Proteus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by "MEAT_PUPPET":1239c

WTF....The worlds not flat and earth isn't at the center of the universe? wallbash:

Kidding all aside, interesting article & cool pic

Who the hell are you?[/quote:1239c]

Overworked & Overpaid oOo:

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 08-21-2005, 04:53 PM

[quote="MEAT_PUPPET":d539d][quote=Proteus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by "MEAT_PUPPET":d539d

WTF....The worlds not flat and earth isn't at the center of the universe? wallbash:

Kidding all aside, interesting article & cool pic

Who the hell are you?[/quote:d539d]

Overworked & Overpaid oOo:[/quote:d539d] oOo: .............

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ninty · 08-21-2005, 06:03 PM

Yeah, it's a nebula. Nebulas are where stars are born. It's a cloud of gas, in which over time, form into stars. Once they form, the stars go on their merry way.

I'm not sure if that particular nebula is in our galaxy or not, but rest assured, there are probably millions of nebulas in our own galaxy right now giving birth to new stars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula

Jin-Roh · 08-21-2005, 06:29 PM

It is the Eagle Nebula.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula

imported_Fluffy_Bunny · 08-21-2005, 06:52 PM

I also heard that every atom in our bodies is made up of star dust, that puts a few things in perspective in the long run.

ninty · 08-21-2005, 06:57 PM

Pretty much everything in the universe is star stuff.

In the immortal words of Carl Sagan, "we are star stuff."

How you ask?

Well, let me tell you.

Life starts with death. The death of a star. When a star explodes at the end of its life in a supernova, it becomes so intensely hot that it combusts all the elements up to Iron I believe which is around the 26th element. Basicallt, 26 elements go shooting out from the star. These elements are collected and form new stars. Stars would not exist without death. We are made up of the elements stars produce.

Simo Häyhä · 08-22-2005, 10:32 AM

extremly intresting stuff 99. +1 for you
Im also taking an astronomy course at college in september, this is exciting

Mr.Buttocks · **Re: Milky Way's heart revealed -** 08-22-2005, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninty

This is what our galaxy is believed to now look like. There are billions of galaxies in the Universe.

[img]http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn7854/dn7854-1_600.jpg[/img]

If anyone finds a high-res image of that, hook a white man up please.

KTOG · 08-22-2005, 02:03 PM

Its about time rock: