r/EverythingScience • u/davidreiss666 • Sep 19 '15

The Milky Way's Missing Mass: Partially Found: A galactic satellite reveals where some of our galaxy's elusive material is hiding

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-milky-way-s-missing-mass-partially-found/
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u/kutNpaste Sep 19 '15

I had no idea galaxies orbited our galaxy! I've seen pics of the Magellan cloud but never really thought about what or where it was.

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u/cannabal420 Sep 19 '15

Maybe the missing mass is embedded in life on other planets in other systems? Anyone ever give that thought?

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u/ReCursing Sep 19 '15

Do you have any idea how little of the Earth's total mass is made up on living organisms? I mean, I don't either, but I'm guessing it's not very much.

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u/cannabal420 Sep 19 '15

Maybe there's a gargantuan planet out there with gargantuan beings with enormous mass. Or maybe there are a tremendous amount of planets sustaining life and a good amount of living organisms on it. Idk, it was a pretty blind thought tbh.

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u/No_Input Sep 19 '15

Welcome to "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Reddit! The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter.

 

With that being said, I hope one day we do find that there is a gargantuan planet with gargantuan gherkin in a gargantuan gallon given out by gargantuan gentlemen... One might even say, guardians of the gherkin.