Nothing like a good panic

Jan 14, 2008 21:36

On the BBC news site there's a headline that screams

Huge gas cloud will hit Milky Way

Gosh, you think reading it, that doesn't sound good. You read further.

A giant cloud of hydrogen gas is racing towards a collision with the Milky Way, astronomers have announced.
Oh dear, still not good news.

Dubbed "Smith's Cloud", it may set off spectacular fireworks when it smacks into our galaxy

Cripes, that really does sound bad. Then you read the really important bit.

in 20-40 million years.

I'll hold off on the panicking for another couple of weeks then, shall I?

non-fic

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