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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: Clive on January 10, 2010, 12:17

Title: No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2010, 12:17

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/01/07/no-a-nearby-supernova-wont-wipe-us-out/

Title: Re: No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out
Post by: Rik on January 10, 2010, 12:24

Are you sure? :)

Title: Re: No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out
Post by: GillE on January 10, 2010, 12:41

An asteroid will get us first anyway.

Title: Re: No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out
Post by: Camstop on January 10, 2010, 12:43

QE will get us first  :(

Title: Re: No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out
Post by: Clive on January 10, 2010, 18:06

The story has been a hot topic in the media this week based on http://news.skymania.com/2010/01/supernova-star-too-close-for-comfort.html .  The story was a complete load of rubbish and I thought it may have been of interest.   ;D

Title: Re: No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out
Post by: sam on January 12, 2010, 00:03

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20 billion billion billion megatons of TNT.

hahahaha

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3,260 light-years away

that's a pretty big distance. Anyway we will long be gone before it explodes.. not that the radiation from something that distance would cause that much of an issue... 

The photo doesn't look right either.