https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1804.11348/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37892852urn:hackerpapers:mention:1804.11348:37892852Sun, 15 Oct 2023 19:54:12 GMT<p>The Arxiv[0] paper abstract seems much clearer and more informative than the linked article. In particular, it points to WHY the mass has been revised down so far -- there&#x27;s seemingly a lot less mass at 19+ kiloparsecs (about 62,000 lightyears) from galactic center than we expected the galaxy to have. I&#x27;m not an expert so it isn&#x27;t clear to me if the discussions in the paper about dark-vs-baryonic matter are a theoretical explanation of the gap. Here&#x27;s a 2019 article[1][1b] describing the mass of the galaxy at 1.5 trillion solar masses. This current research lowers that number to just 200…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1804.11348/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.GAhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19422177urn:hackerpapers:submission:1804.11348:19422177Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:57:11 GMT<p>Evidence for an Intermediate-Mass Milky Way from Gaia DR2</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1804.11348/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.GA