# The Milky Way's halo is curved spacetime **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565 "2014-05-03T04:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/41 "2014-05-03T16:57:50Z")
A “polar jet”? Did the previous thread approach _the coming of the great white handkerchief_, or was that a different thread? ---
**Author:** ![mpc755](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mpc755/32/7307_2.png) [@mpc755](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mpc755)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/42 "2014-05-03T17:18:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > A “polar jet”? Did the previous thread approach _the coming of the great white handkerchief_, or was that a different thread? The following image represents the timeline since the supposed big bang. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg) The following is an artists representation of the polar jets of a black hole. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/BlackHole.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/BlackHole.jpg) The timeline actually represents the time since our emission into the Universal jet. [![](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/43 "2014-05-03T17:31:16Z")
So some say the universe bangs and blows. You say the universe squeezes and sucks. No matter which way you look at it, it’s a complete fuck show. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/44 "2014-05-03T17:42:27Z")
> [@mpc755](#): > > The following image represents the timeline since the supposed big bang. > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/CMB\_Timeline300\_no\_WMAP.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg) > > The following is an artists representation of the polar jets of a black hole. > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/BlackHole.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/BlackHole.jpg) > > The timeline actually represents the time since our emission into the Universal jet. > > [http://i.imgur.com/1CbGM5T.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/1CbGM5T.jpg) Where is the missing dimension? ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/45 "2014-05-03T17:50:13Z")
> [@mpc755](#): > > [http://i.imgur.com/1CbGM5T.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/1CbGM5T.jpg) Interesting picture, I think it happened a bit more like this: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/4sZUzHi) ---
**Author:** ![mpc755](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mpc755/32/7307_2.png) [@mpc755](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mpc755)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/46 "2014-05-03T17:58:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Where is the missing dimension? The further from the Universal jet emission point the stuff is the further in the past the stuff was emitted into the jet. ---
**Author:** ![mpc755](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mpc755/32/7307_2.png) [@mpc755](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mpc755)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/47 "2014-05-03T17:59:14Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > Interesting picture, I think it happened a bit more like this: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/4sZUzHi) Good analogy. A fish in water is analogous to an astronaut in the aether. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565/48 "2014-05-03T18:38:19Z")
mpc755, you were told explicitly not to start another round robin thread on this topic. Closed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-ways-halo-is-curved-spacetime/687565.md?page=2)