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		Romanulus on March 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All disk galaxies rotate once every billion years:... ... Also, don't the disks spin at the same speed/uniformly? Meaning closer to the axis things go slower than on the edges?

davidp on March 14, 2018 | [–]

That's the apparent paradox in the galaxy rotation curve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve

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