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Astronomers find the edge of the Milky Way

61 pointsby bookofjoetoday at 6:11 PM9 commentsview on HN

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dotancohentoday at 8:51 PM

Is this a non-sequiter or just poorly phrased?

  > Disk galaxies like the Milky Way form stars “inside-out” — starting from the center and working outwards through the disk. So, as a general rule, the farther out astronomers look, the younger the stars are.
Do they meant looking out from Earth (which is actually nearer to the center of a spiral arm than to either end) or out from the galactic bulge. Either way doesn't make sense.
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nealstoday at 8:47 PM

Just the daily post that makes me feel small and insignificant.

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yrcyrctoday at 9:11 PM

Great. Next Laniakea