SMH article on increase of estimated mass of Milky Way

[gary]

Fred Watson to address Astronomical Society of Australia tonight with RAVE
project results -
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/milky-way-lets-out-its-belt/2007/07/04/1183351294733.html

[sheeny]

Interesting. Thanks Gary.

Al.

[DobDobDob]

By the time they finish the weight could be even substantially more, meaning they never really had to fudge the figures and invent Dark Matter in the first place :P

[h0ughy]

How did Fred get to count all that and weight them? LOL there really is a McDonalds at the end of the milky way.

[Rodstar]

It seems the Milky Way is no different to any other middle-aged creature.....putting on weight, and now people are starting to comment about it.

Tssk Tssk. No more cannibalising dwarf galaxies, MW....:P