Perftictly Scientrifical

More dark matter silliness:

Our galaxy is much bigger than once thought, according to research presented at a major astronomy meeting this week. The results suggest the Milky Way is roughly the same size as Andromeda, the largest galaxy in our local group. What is more, it is moving 15% faster than earlier predictions.

By using the VLBA to measure the apparent shift of far-flung star-forming regions when the Earth is on opposite sides of the Sun, the researchers were able to measure the distance to those regions using fewer assumptions than prior efforts.

That speed, in turn, allowed the astronomers to calculate the total amount of dark matter in the Milky Way - the invisible component that makes up the majority of the galaxy's mass.

They made a new series of assumptions, recycled data from previous assumptions, (which varied 13% to 15% in error by their own admission), then churned it all up so they could make the ol' Dark Matter™ jalopy go another lap.

These blockheads have doctorates.

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(Thanks to Mrs. Jar(egg)head for inventing the word "scientry", the root of "scientrifical".)