The milky way galaxy is bigger then we thought...

In 2009 I will post a little more on things that affect us more than just movies and fashion.

For example, I found out that in 2008 scientists discovered that the Milky Way galaxy (you know, the galaxy we are in right now) is about 50 percent bigger than what we thought it was! Really? And we are just finding out about this? Looks like space is a lot more complicated than anybody thought. New discoveries are being made everyday and people don't have all the answers. Who knows what we will discover next?...

By the way, since we are inside the galaxy, it's a little harder to see because we do not have a direct perspective. Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says, "The best method is to measure how quickly the galaxy is rotating and back out to the amount of mass that would have to exist in the structure to generate that velocity."

Yeah people. WAKE UP! We are going to get smarter this year with the blog and you should at least know the size of the galazy you are in.

for sure.