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18-Dec-2007, 05:48
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Retarded moron
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Black Holes can kill us
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18-Dec-2007, 21:22
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Certified not a majority
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If a nearby (within a hundred lightyears or so) star was to go nova (or more likely: has already done that long ago), all life on Earth will be annihilated within days of the radiation reaching us. And if a star goes supernova, hope it's more than a few thousand lightyears away, or that the radiation won't reach us any time soon.
There are many stars, and they inevitably go Boom at some time. Although only the bigger ones are a serious threat.
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The Laws of nature are NOT subject to the majority vote. In the long run. Last edited by Frank; 18-Dec-2007 at 22:12. |
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18-Dec-2007, 21:53
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umm, from where does all this protons come from.
Nothing can escape blackholes - until its suffering from fatal flatulence ? Edit: ok, so I misread and its spitting out Photons, which dont have mass according to Wikipedia. Cunning things those black holes Last edited by Npl; 18-Dec-2007 at 22:03. |
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20-Dec-2007, 17:52
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Black Holes can kill us
Yours for sure.
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20-Dec-2007, 20:52
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Matter that spirals towards the black hole is accellerated to extremely high velocities and a small portion of matter is flung out prior to reaching the event horizon. The components of the jets never actually crossed the point of no return, they just got dangerously close. edit: One theory is that the powerful magnetic fields created by this disk of matter or the black hole's own field are deformed by the rotation. The field lines provide a path for escaping matter.
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Dreaming of a .065 micron etch-a-sketch. Last edited by 3dilettante; 20-Dec-2007 at 20:57. |
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24-Dec-2007, 03:00
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What about Hawking radiation? I thought black holes emit sub atomic particles and can eventually evaporate.
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24-Dec-2007, 04:13
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