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Sunday, 8 October 2017

Thanks, Google !

Oh, thank you Google translate for this gem :

Using numerical simulations, Dr. Taylor tried to investigate the possible mechanism of their origin and confirmed the popular notion that some clouds may be slapped by remnants from galaxies during their close intercourse.

I'm never going to look at those numerical simulations in the same way again.
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3 comments:

  1. Matter Beam8 October 2017 at 17:08

    Spanking new galaxies.

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  2. Dogmatic Pyrrhonist (Tiktaalik Dreaming)8 October 2017 at 21:54

    There's always one cloud that's into the kinky stuff

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  3. Rhys Taylor8 October 2017 at 22:06

    Of course, let us not speak of the subheading in my last paper : "Kinky curves as fake dark galaxies".

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