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Old 09-23-2007, 10:26 PM
TimM TimM is offline
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Default Re: Cosmology question - where is the cinder?

It does not need to be nearby anymore. They have had billions of years to diverge. Also the material which formed our sun does not necessarily have to be from a single remnant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_...iral_structure
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