Friday, January 29, 2016

A Giant Cloud Of Fiery Gas Is Plummeting Through Space At 700,000 MPH Toward Milky Way

A Giant Cloud Of Fiery Gas Is Plummeting Through Space At 700,000 MPH Toward Milky Way: The fiery gas, dubbed the Smith Cloud, is considered unique since its route is well-studied. It takes a trajectory path as it goes back to the Earth's galaxy at a staggering speed of 700,000 mph.

In Depth Photos: NASA tracking fiery demon cloud gunning for Milky Way seattlepi.com - ‎15 hours ago‎ Damn, that was fun headline to write. But, if you think I'm just being silly or trying to push some clickbait on you, check out these photos: NASA caption: This composite image shows the size and location of the Smith Cloud on. NASA caption: Hubble's ...

Friday, January 29, 2016


Realtime Coverage
Discovery News - ‎24 minutes ago‎
In case you didn't know, a huge — like, on a galactic scale — cloud of gas is currently speeding toward our galaxy at 700,000 mph. It's full of sulfur, over 11,000 light-years long and 2,500 light-years wide, contains as much mass as a million suns ...

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Forbes - ‎11 hours ago‎
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI); science by A. Fox (STScI), ESA and NASA. When we think about our galaxy, most people think about the stars in the sky, the grand, sweeping spiral arms, the disk-like plane of our Milky Way filled ...
The Daily Galaxy (blog) - ‎15 hours ago‎
Since astronomers discovered the Smith Cloud, a giant gas cloud plummeting toward the Milky Way, they have been unable to determine its composition, which would hold clues as to its origin. Astronomers have now determined that the cloud contains ...
HubbleSite - ‎16 hours ago‎
January 28, 2016: The old adage "what goes up must come down" even applies to an immense cloud of hydrogen gas outside our Milky Way galaxy. First discovered in the 1960s, the comet-shaped cloud is 11,000 light-years long and 2,500 light-years across ...