http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20529 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/milky-way-bigger-faster-previously-thought <!--paging_filter--><p> Our own Milky Way galaxy, long considered a “little sister” to the larger Andromeda Galaxy, is all grown-up, according to new research presented today that shows the Milky Way to be bigger and faster than previously thought.</p><p>The findings, presented at a meeting of the <a title="" href="http://aas.org/meetings/aas213">American Astronomical Society</a> in Long Beach, Calif., by <a title="" href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/programs/harvard-smithsonian-center-astrophysics">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a> (CfA) researchers, show that the galaxy has about 50 percent more mass — about the same as Andromeda — and is rotating about 100,000 mph faster than previously thought.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/milky-way-bigger-faster-previously-thought">read more</a></p> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:01:39 -0500 404132862 20528 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu