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- JoelBakan01, on 01/10/2008, -2/+25Obviously this galaxy has no respect for the laws of physics. I say we all ignore it until it learns to behave itself. Maybe the Americans could invade it or something?
- thebassmaster, on 01/10/2008, -1/+21So the modern theory has flaws, most theories have flaws. I don't see what being Christian has to do with pointing these out, since the discovery of evidence such as this will only strengthen the theory when astronomers figure out why the galaxy is acting in this way.
Contrary to the above post, being Christian does not "discredit you from logical scientific discussion"; however, saying that "the theory is false because of one flaw, therefore God is the only answer" does. - shaka776, on 01/10/2008, -7/+25Did Al Gore find it?
- jmpeagle, on 01/10/2008, -0/+17that's not an explanation....that's like saying "because that's how it was an hour ago". We want to know what caused the initial difference.
- Rbstr, on 01/10/2008, -5/+22Because you have no counter theory.
"A all powerful thing did it" doesn't cut it. Until you have something verifiable, you won't see your views accepted by real scientists. - TyrannousDotNet, on 01/10/2008, -1/+16its australian galaxy 1
- H0ns, on 01/10/2008, -3/+15It must be in the southern hemisphere of our universe
- TornACL, on 01/10/2008, -5/+17we have planets that spin in the opposite direction as well. No explanations yet.
- harvinator24, on 01/10/2008, -3/+15Dam that flying spaghetti monster and his noodly appendages.
- Matri, on 01/10/2008, -5/+15We see it and we wonder why and we want to find out. You see it, assume "god" did it, and just leave it at that.
- MackPrime, on 01/10/2008, -6/+16no he invented it
- Identity4, on 01/10/2008, -1/+10THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER DECIDED IT SHALL BE THIS WAY
- inactive, on 01/10/2008, -8/+17By being a Christian, you discredit yourself from logical scientific discussion; For one who believes in a god, without proof, is merely irrational and not to be taken seriously.
- drakethegreat, on 01/10/2008, -6/+14Our understanding of gravity is still so bad that it doesn't seem surprising that we find situations like this.
- Ramble, on 01/10/2008, -2/+10Because rather than join a logical debate (and the diggers are at blame too) and suggest why thais happens, you used it to attack science.
- romistrub, on 01/10/2008, -1/+9You're trying too hard.
- Duilen, on 01/10/2008, -2/+10So is this like when someone swings their arms with their legs while walking instead of against?
- inactive, on 01/10/2008, -1/+9What a disrespectful little ***** of a galaxy... I say nuke It from orbit.
- romistrub, on 01/10/2008, -1/+8In my unqualified opinion, shouldn't the fact that most planets are spinning in one direction require more explaining than a small percentage of planets that are out of line with "the norm"?
EDIT: Nevermind. "They equally require explanation." - The Scientific Method. - inactive, on 01/10/2008, -1/+8So anyone that is a Christian cannot discuss science in a logical manner? Buzz Aldrin is a devout Presbyterian and he holds a PHD in Astronautics from MIT. I guess by your definition Buzz is "irrational and not to be taken seriously."
I could go on and on with examples like this but most of you "Enlightened" Diggers are the most close minded people I have ever seen and nothing I say here is going to open your prejudice little mind. - inactive, on 01/10/2008, -0/+7All planets spin in a single direction due to the spin generated during the formation of a star system/galaxy when it is still a swirling vortex of dust.
Anything that spins in an opposite spin to a star or galaxy is likely a captured body ie. an free floating object that didn't form with the original star/galaxy. - romistrub, on 01/10/2008, -0/+7I'd say that it has to do with the conservation of momentum of the particulate matter that formed the planets. Probably a hell of a lot more to it than that, though.
- metapop, on 01/10/2008, -0/+7speedy comet in orbit!
- ejan, on 01/10/2008, -0/+7Spinners...but ya, it's just easier to bury him.
- JLecker, on 01/10/2008, -1/+8Oh, they're just being contrary.
- Balath, on 01/10/2008, -0/+7Chuck Norris did it when Huckabee lost New Hampshire.
- BigBallistix, on 01/10/2008, -0/+6I have a theory! The galaxy is being subjected to a paralytic dimensional fissure that is too dumb to realise that it should exit in another dimension, thus the same galaxy is being recycled though a wormhole that loops back around on itself and projects the mirror image of the same galaxy inside of itself. Ha! Entirely possible and even more improbable than the problem the confusing galaxy caused in the first place! =D
- iamyak, on 01/10/2008, -0/+6Nevermind. I RTFA.
- csrster, on 01/10/2008, -0/+5Do you even know what the current theory of spiral galactic arms is? If so, can you explain why this observation contradicts the theory?
(Actually there are two competing theories - one is that the arms are waves of higher density, the other that they are regions of enhanced star formation. More than that and you're going beyond my level of expertise.) - iamyak, on 01/10/2008, -2/+7Could it be a collision of a clockwise spinning galaxy and a counter-clockwise spinning galaxy?
- inactive, on 01/10/2008, -1/+6Baltiman, here is my problem with the FSM...People come to Digg and think that they are somehow superior to religious people because they they are too smart to be fooled. They seem to think that anyone that is religious is some kind of close minded fanatic. I posted in an earlier thread that Buzz Aldrin is a devout Presbyterian and he holds a PHD in Astronautics from MIT. I think the fact that he holds a PHD from MIT and has been to the moon kinda shoots down the "Christians are close minded fools" "Fact" that so manny Diggers seem to embrace.
- alittleroy101, on 01/10/2008, -0/+5Don't hate its freedom.
- jhshukla, on 01/10/2008, -0/+4this is completely different issue they are talking about.
- bnajbert, on 01/10/2008, -1/+5I think you're a loser for no reason other than the fact that you have more than 1 account.
- thotpoizn, on 01/10/2008, -1/+4You see us, and assume that we make those assumptions. As previously noted, some of the most brilliant scientists in history were also men (and women) of faith. But don't let me stand in the way of your close-minded and irrational "us vs. them" stereotyping and bigotry...
- thotpoizn, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3Who does? I personally am delighted when something is found that defies conventional wisdom and theory, not because it represents some sort of "proof" that science has it wrong, but because it affords us the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the miraculous way the universe is put together. Doesn't that sort of line up with what scientists are supposed to be doing as well, regardless of how we believe the universe came to be the way that it is? Not everyone who believes that the universe was created by a higher power, feels the arrogant need to speculate on exactly what methods and mechanisms may have been used (or could not possibly have been used!) - in that creation. I personally wasn't there to witness the event, so I just have to go by the best evidence that was left behind in the process. Evolution, for example - the evidence clearly suggests it happened (and continues to happen) - our only difference of opinion has to do with whether it is a purely random occurrence or if it exists by design and with purpose.
- Sprung, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3@ richbleak
"Do not confuse vagueness with complexity" nails it. Theists like to be all "God is infinite, he's everywhere yet nowhere, we'll never understand his mysteryous ways" and mistake that for some sort of equivilant to true intellectual depth. - sindex, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3God is a Cosmic DJ, spinning discs however he wants, yo.
- thinman1189, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3...nice
- 3tcp, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3It's the exit side of a wormhole from another dimension
- inactive, on 01/10/2008, -1/+4non conformists.
- hitokiri808, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3Couldn't it be as simple as 2 galaxies collided a long time ago, and the smaller inner clockwise galaxy is slowly being distorted to rotate the other way? When galaxies collide most stars and solar systems don't even get close to each other, and could continue rotating in their original path for a couple billion years.
- ultralights, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3just imagine if this turned out to be true!!
- sabach, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3You have, a lot, of room, to talk.
- theycallmebubba, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3Mario Galaxy = high-five.
- xalif, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2As an American, I just have to say - this comment was pretty funny
- j2002, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2Its not all that strange. Further analysis will probably confirm that it has recently undergone a merger with another galaxy and this is why it exhibits an odd structure.
- Voxxov, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2That would be *An* all powerful thing.
- inactive, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2I wonder what the state of education nowadays with such blatant stupidity and anti-intellectualism being flung around pridefully.
- csrster, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2Not all galaxy collisions result in mergers. It's a major field of research - both observational and computational - and also produces lots of pretty pictures.
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