Friday, November 21, 2008

#285: The Universe Has Gas

Billions of years ago, it would appear, according to some twisted minds...ok, MY twisted mind... the Big Bang was a precursor to the beans-eating-scene in Mel Brooks' movie "Blazing Saddles." It seems that there's a galaxy not too far from here...a relative term, of course...that is "pumping out new stars faster than any neighborhood galaxies." (Would that be Mister BUCK Rogers' Neighborhood for you oldhead sci-fiers?!!)
In any event, it would appear this galaxy is further off than wiz-bang astronomers figgered AND it's among a group of 10 galaxies that, according to the article [http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081120/sc_space/mysteryofrapidstarbirthsolved; _ylt=Alk7194W8 Ma2HADhDafqVG7
QOrg F] is doing some unusual stuff. "Gravitational interactions among the group's galaxies may be compressing gas in NGC 1569 (the culprit galaxy) and be igniting the star-birthing frenzy." You just have to be careful with that compressed gas stuff...ask Martin Luther with his saurkraut induced conditions!!

Well, to quote Malcolm Reynolds of "Firefly"..."My sky's getting awfully crowded!!" It still "declares the glory of God" for those of us providentially graced to be in on the realization of it all thanks to our election, lo, these many moons ago! So for all those Alliance types who refuse to see God in the universe, I say to us Browncoat Believers like Jayne Cobb of "Firefly" did..."LET'S MOON 'EM!! ;p
No power in the 'Verse can stop me?!!

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