OOPs Wrong Galaxy!

Im not going to post the whole article, links at bottom.

BREAKTHROUGH SURPRISE DISCOVERIES:

The new understanding is that we (as a solar system) were not ever directly a part of the Milky Way.

If you go outside and look you will see that it is actually sideways in the night sky....

We are part of a smaller galaxy that the Milky Way has put the 'come hither' on and we are just now going to actually turn and join with the Milky way after some 2 billion years of circling around it at a near right angle as part of our parent galaxy called the Sagittarius Dwarf.

http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=1207&i=2
http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1942665.htm

P.S this isn´t a conspiracy so don´t move it 🙂

more info

http://astsun.astro.virginia.edu/~mfs4n/sgr/

I didn't feel like reading, what's the official name of this other smaller galaxy?

YouTube video

HA! Monty Python was wrong.

Originally posted by Robtard
I didn't feel like reading, what's the official name of this other smaller galaxy?

Unfortunately you have to do a bit of reading to grasp what is actually going on. Its referred to as the "Sagittarius dwarf" heres a picture.

The bright smudges below and to the right of the plane of the Milky Way are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, which are more intact satellite galaxies of the Milky Way than the Sagittarius dwarf. Photo credit: John Carpenter and Robert Hurt/2MASS Project

so we're not even in the milky way.

all i have known about astronomy is now shattered into oblivion out of my mind.

very interesting to know.

Originally posted by Robtard
HA! Monty Python was wrong.

blasphemy

Don't believe all you read.

This article is full of half truths. We are part of the Milky way. The wiki article has been tagged as needing a clean up because it is wrong.

In fact the Virginia article states Earth is part of the Milky Way.

the articles neither imply nor discredit the idea that earth actually is part of the milky way galaxy.

thus: 'theory'

Originally posted by Schecter
the articles neither imply nor discredit the idea that earth actually is part of the milky way galaxy.

thus: 'theory'

Exactly

It states intersects with our Galaxy

The title is

"NEW MAP OF THE MILKY WAY SHOWS OUR GALAXY TO BE A CANNIBAL"
Study Shows the Milky Way is Out to Lunch

Chicken Little was right. The sky is falling.
Thousands of stars stripped from the nearby Sagittarius dwarf galaxy are streaming through our vicinity of the Milky Way galaxy , according to a new view of the local universe constructed by a team of astronomers from the University of Virginia and the University of Massachusetts.

The original article is ludicrous we are part of the Milky way

The so called "discoveries" of the first articles are probably made by the person who edited Wiki to fit his ideas as a joke.

Anyway, that's all that needs to be said on the subject.

no, not exactly. there are multiple theories, one being that the solar system
was part of this old and devoured galaxy. all theories, none more valid than any other.

Originally posted by Schecter
not exactly. there are multiple theories, one being that the solar system was part of this old and devoured galaxy. all theories, none more valid than any other.

That's a different argument altogether and very likely. It doesn't revolve around half truths like the first article and yes, some theories are more valid than others. For instance back ground microwave emmisions and red shifted stars from the same area indicate the "Big Bang", where as Lamarks theory that giraffes have long necks because each set of parents stretched is not a good theory. Epistemeology will tell you what is a worthwhile theory and what is a theory which really is an opinion disguised as a theory. Scientific method tests the validity of theories, it's true that they are constantly modified when greater understanding of something comes along. E.g. the atom, Bohrs theory was great when he suggested it, but it doesn't fit modern theories.

The first article is interesting, I love the discoveries in it. They are not theories they are opinions based on the premise we are part of the other Galaxy intersecting the milky way which in itslf is wrong.

Originally posted by Lonelygirl15
They are not theories they are opinions based on the premise we are part of
the other Galaxy intersecting the milky way which in itslf is wrong.

...i was going to ask you for proof that these new theories have been debunked by reputable scholars, but then i remembered that you're from the internet and that it wasnt necessary.

Originally posted by Schecter
...i was going to ask you for proof that these new theories have been debunked by reputable scholars, but then i remembered that you're from the internet and that it wasnt necessary.

http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=1207&i=2

He are some of the theories from the first article

DISCOVERY OF JULY 20th 2006: The overall biggest contributing cause to Global Warming, and the melting of the polar icecaps of -- both -- Earth and Mars is actually caused by our arrival down into the brighter, more energetic equator region of the Milky Way galactic disc as we are coming in from deeper space.

CHANGES-- FROM THE TOP DOWN:

While the rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels cyclically charted by such scientists and researchers as quoted by Al Gore are powerful indicators, and even possible contributors to the unmistakable levels of climate and other changes, and pollution from the choices man has made are an increasing burden to the ecosystem of the planet, the larger cause of global warming by far is the first time in history event of the permanent merging of Earth and the Solar System with the higher energy state equatorial-orbital-disc region of the spiral armed Milky Way Galaxy.

DISCOVERY OF NOVEMBER 30th 2006: The real reasons for both global warming and the ending of the Mayan calendar in 2012. We are part of a smaller galaxy that the Milky Way has put the 'come hither' on and we are just now coming down even with and going to actually turn and join with the spinning whirlpool Milky Way disc after some 2 billion years of circling around it at a near right angle as part of our parent galaxy called the Sagittarius Dwarf.

I think when 2012 and the Mayan calender was mentioned it should have been a clue to you it was rubbish

W-whirly?

thats not a very reputable source for theory...in fact it just looks like some idiot's blog. i was referring to the abc article.
i dont understand why the OP listed that first, but at the same time i dont understand how one would approach that one in order to debunk theory.

that would be like trying to declare that 9/11 never happened by discrediting rense.com for thir constantly inaccurate info and idiocy

Originally posted by Bardock42
W-whirly?

W-what?

Originally posted by Schecter
thats not a very reputable source for theory. i was referring to the abc article. i dont understand why the OP listed that first, but at the same time i dont understand how one would approach that one in order to debunk theory.

that would be like trying to declare that 9/11 never happened by discrediting rense.com for thir constantly inaccurate info and idiocy

I was talking about the theories in the first article. The fact this galaxy intersects the Milky way is not a theory it's a fact. We though are part of the Milky Way. Wiki has been edited to fit the first article.

So as I was talking about the theories in the first article "the new theories", as the others have been around since the mid nineties and are reputable and you supported these "new theories" what's your point?