Church & Faith at Pulpit Rock...: May 2018

Monday, May 7, 2018

greater works than Jesus

Just another metaphorical Jesus? So we are going to do greater works than Jesus? Sounds like another case for the metaphorical to the rescue. Or, maybe it is just not for today. Probably we just should give this one give it the silent treatment. More later...maybe.

Milky Way Explanation

Gazing out from within the Milky Way, our own galaxy's true structure is difficult to discern. But an ambitious survey effort with the Spitzer Space Telescope now offers convincing evidence that we live in a large galaxy distinguished by two main spiral arms (the Scutum-Centaurus and Perseus arms) emerging from the ends of a large central bar. In fact, from a vantage point that viewed our galaxy face-on, astronomers in distant galaxies would likely see the Milky Way as a two-armed barred spiral similar to this artist's illustration. Previous investigations have identified a smaller central barred structure and four spiral arms. Astronomers still place the Sun about a third of the way in from the Milky Way's outer edge, in a minor arm called the Orion Spur.