The neighbourhood is bigger than we thought!

[jeffreyab]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sc/sci_milky_way_7

"Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore."

Comments

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Wow that's a dumbed-down article. Explaining that mass is like weight? Gah.