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Originally Posted by UncleJohn
Uncle John here: Thanks Grant. You cleared that up.
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Glad to be of help.
It's interesting how the mangling of science by journalists contributed to the misapprehension repeated on your
linked site, which references
this piece of gibberish from Australian ABC: "The researchers determined that the magnetic field in interstellar space is propelling our solar system along at a 60-90° angle to the rest of the galaxy."
For comparison,
here is the George Mason University press release that sparked the story: "Up to now, scientists have believed that the magnetic field outside of our solar system was parallel to the galactic plane. But Opher, Stone and Gombosi used two data sets to conclude that the magnetic field is actually 60-90 degrees perpendicular to the plane."
Matthew Perkins Erwin (researcher, technogeek, inventor, and recording artist) also seems to have had his ideas featured in
Wikipedia over the last few days: I caught a cut-and-paste job from his website last night, although it's been reverted when I looked this morning. The Bickerpedia
discussion page for the Sag Dwarf gives you an idea of the level of discourse involved in this particular claim.
Grant Hutchison