
Dr. Pamela Gay, host of the popular Astronomy Cast was interviewed for the latest episode of Brains Matter. In this interview Dr. Gay discusses the recent discovery that our Milky Way has only two arms instead of four. I recommend this episode to everyone who enjoyed Pam’s interview in Episode 14 of Books and Ideas and to all the fans of the Astronomy Cast.
Two arms and not four? Two arms are great for a human body but not for a galaxy. Two arms look ugly on a galaxy. The Milky Way (our system of stars) appears to be a mediocre galaxy.
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