Which Statement About The Milky Way Is True?

[danielle4652]

A)The galactic bulge has the most visible stars per volume, but the galactic disk has the most dark matter
B) The galactic bulge has the most visible stars per volume and the most dark matter
C) The galactic disk has the most visible stars per volume, but the galactic bulge has the most dark matter
D) The galactic disk has the most visible stars per volume, but most of the dark matter surrounds the galaxy
E) The galactic bulge has the most visible stars per volume, but most of the dark matter surrounds the galaxy
F) The galactic disk has the most visible stars per volume and most dark matter

[Old_Geezer]

All I know is that it is the sweet you can eat between meals, and it's centre has been whipped and whipped.

[Postdog]

Homework?

[VHG]

What statement about my homework is true:

a) I cant be bothered to do it myself

b) I cant be bothered to do it myself

c) I cant be bothered to do it myself

[Prudie]

Drat! the only thing I knew about the Milky Way was you could eat it between meals :-)

[Postdog]

Milky ways were way better years ago before they altered them

[jeffa]

It's known as Milkweg in Dutch, if that helps.

[woofgang]

VHG for best answer!

[jomifl]

As Khandro would say, all or none of the above, scientists just guess until they are proved wrong, what is a fact today is a lie tomorrow. Try googling 'milky way' if you want some sensible answers.

[vascop]

jom "scientists just guess until they are proved wrong"
That's a ridiculous statement - that's not how science works at all.
Scientific statements are based on knowledge/observations - a far cry from a guess.

[woofgang]

ok vascop, lets call it an "educated guess"

[vascop]

No, the word guess has no place here. It's a hypothesis based on the known facts and theories.

[jake-the-peg]

Guess isn't quite it

Theoretians come up with self consistant hypotheses which explain things that we observe and hopefully predict things that we can look for.

Then experimentiallists work their socks off and prove that they're talking out of their behinds.

On the odd occasion that their actually right the theoretian gets a Nobel prize while the experimentalits team get a 'Well done' from the rest of the CERN physisists

[Old_Geezer]

Ah the removed post was about guesses was it. Hmmm well in which case isn't it a reasonable claim ? Surely any hypothesis is an educated guess which one then has to disprove, or fail to.

[jomifl]

Vascop, I know scientists don't guess, I was just reiterating Khandro's latest pronouncements on how scientist operate, he would know of course..

[heathfield]

I think 'deduce from available knowledge' comes into it, rather than guesswork.

[woofgang]

heathfield, that's why its educated guesswork