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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rot... by nashashmi on Monday March 31, 2025 @11:58AM (#43536470)
It can be directly sucked into the center. A spiral implies a lateral movement plus a centripetal force
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rot... by eightysixfour on Monday March 31, 2025 @01:59PM (#43537822)
Right, I guess what I am saying is if it didn't spiral, it wouldn't be a galaxy for "long." It would just be a super massive black hole.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rot... by lolc on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @09:15AM (#43546436)
The trick to having a galaxy is for mass to fall towards the black hole and miss it all the time.
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