In article <477e8615$1@news.povray.org>, dne### [at] sanrrcom says...
> Alain wrote:
> >> That's what has me curious.  How does space far from galaxies "decide"
 
> >> to get larger while space between stars doesn't?
> > It don't decide to get larger far from galaxies, galaxies prevent it to
 
> > get larger.
> 
> Yeah. I was asking about the mechanism, tho. Is there an actual theory 
> as to *why* this happens?
> 
> > The concensus is rather that galaxies start as spiral and degenerate 
> > into globular clusters.
> 
> Ah. This is something new (or more correct at least) than when I last 
> looked at it.
> 
Actually, as I stating in the other post, its not really the consensus 
any more, at least in new studies. And imho, it also makes no sense. 
Tidal forces from a spinning black hole "could" pull stars into a 
spiral. That would make sense. But... What kind of mechanism would 
possibly make a galaxy start spinning, when it first formed *then* stop 
spinning later? Either Alain has it backwards, or if just flat out 
doesn't make any sense to me.

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