why the hell are we so far away from the center of our galaxy?

[mopaul]

it's boring out here on the perimeter, and dark and scary too. who do i have to screw to get on the next train toward the shiny, hip center of the milky way?

[MikeG]

1. Count your blessings. Less supernovas.

[mopaul]

3. yeah but i worry about our own sun going supernova

i hope i ain't around

[DrWeird]

7. Our sun will never go supernova.

It's not nearly massive enough. And unless you plan on sticking around five billion years you won't have to worry about a regular old fashioned nova either.

[mopaul]

10. thanks dr. weird, i feel a little better

but still, the universe is so very large, and the residual echo of the supposed big old bang is still giving me agita.

[Dudley_DUright]

20. In about 5 billion years our sun will become a red giant and

could expand enough to become bigger than the orbit of the earth (so we probably should think about finding more hospitable digs by then, but we have plenty of time). :-)

[SmileyBoy]

33. Our sun doesn't have enough mass for that to happen.

The regular nova will occur in 5 billion to 5.5 billion years.

[Blue-Jay]

2. Property values are too high downtown.

[mopaul]

4. parkplace, boardwalk,

as opposed to ventnor blvd., or some other outer galaxy property

[librechik]

5. it;'s too hot in the middle

we have to keep our nads cool.

[lil-petunia]

6. NO, it's because TV reception is better

and you can down load the premium stations for free.

[UGABrother]

8. it's cool to be on the fringe

.

[Aristus]

9. Out here on the perimeter, there are no stars.............................

............out here, we is stoned...immaculate. B-)

[salvorhardin]

11. vast liberal conspiracy

to keep the whole solar system as far left of center as possible.

[RobertSeattle]

12. Cool Webpage on "You are Here"

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

[Liberal Veteran]

13. The crime rate and the traffic just brings down the standard of living...

...in the center.

[mopaul]

14. and the parking is worse than in san francisco

just try to park around the black hole off ramps

[MissAnnThrope]

15. er...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there supposed to be a black hole in the center of the galaxy?

[mopaul]

16. jeez, i don't know, that's the current mythology anyways

that's what i heard, but i've never been there. i would hope that they have conveniently located 7-11's.

[LastKnight]

19. whatever it is... its gotta be massive to have that big of a gravity field

but you know they have a starbucks right next to that 7-11.

-LK

[LastKnight]

17. i believe you are correct... the bright corona

is made of stars slowly being sucked in. so eventuially we will be downtown, cause our whole galixy is slowly going into a black hole like when you flush a toilet heh.

-LK

[Dudley_DUright]

25. Yup, a supermassive black hole of about

2.6 million solar masses!

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/blackhole_milkyway_021016.html

[zbdent]

18. Somebody complained that it was too bright at night

couldn't get any sleep.

[sidestreamer]

21. With all those stars over there, we wouldn't have the night

And it isn't as fun getting drunk or laid in broad daylight.

[sidestreamer]

22. Dupe

[KoKo]

23. What was that "Star Treck" stuff movie about "Vega" who controlled all

our brains? I keep going back to that movie. I need to rent it again after over a decade is it? If you're talking about feeling "out of it" fringie..then looking at that "Vega" thingy seems to fit what we might be heading for!...:shrug:

[Swamp Rat]

24. Dude, from reading your posts the last three years I'd say you're already

in the Oort Cloud. It's pretty shiny in there isn't it?

[mopaul]

34. damn, you found me,.........curses and drat!

post office box from now on, no more mailman. it WAS the mailman, right?

[Swamp Rat]

36. No, and I don't know what mailman or POB are.

I'm uploading to ImageShack... if that's what you mean.

edit: on second thought, I probably didn't understand a damn thing you just said... I'm not high. I just woke up.

[olddem43]

26. Mopaul, you just don't understand that the center of the

Universe is not necessarily the center of the galaxy. In astronomical terms we are actually not very far from it. The geometric center of the Universe is not precisely defined, but certainly lies somewhere between Pat Robertson's house and the home of God's very own spokesman, little George. Just ask either one of them.

[eleny]

27. as the galaxy expands, we get to see what's out there first!

[SarahB]

28. The current belief is...

there is a black hole near the center. :shrug:

[Joanne98]

29. I noticed that too

We're out here in the middle of nowhere. Sticksville man.......

[BrewerJohn]

30. The advanced civilizations in the core

are keeping us at arm's length.

Face it people, we're trailer trash!

[Swamp Rat]

31. kick for you mopaul

[SmileyBoy]

32. Stars don't last long in there.

They're born, then they quickly die. In the so-called "suburbs" of our galaxy, where we are, stars can live for 10 billion years (like the lifespan of our star), therefore being able to systain life in their orbiting planets.

[mopaul]

35. i worry now about another galaxy colliding with ours...great...just great

i need to stop reading those science websites

[SmileyBoy]

37. Andromeda won't collide with us for another 7 billion years.

Our solar system will be LONG dead by then.

[mopaul]

39. jeez i wish you hadn't told me that

cause i'll be dead too by then

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40. something to do with immigration laws. i heard it on Faux

.