[QUOTE=Saren;29061020]If we think we are the most important species in the universe, might as well have galaxies explode in front our eyes until every last of them destroys itself.[/QUOTE]
And then, we shall conquer the void!
It's fascinating how much we are seeing in space now a days. Before we wouldn't hear about much going on but now we are learning of super explosions, strange objects, distant galaxies eating each other. Technology sure has come a long way.
[QUOTE=alphatwo;29041487]So did the star explode like millions of years ago and were only seeing it now?
It's so weird that we see stuff in our sky so long after they happened.[/QUOTE]
It exploded 3.8 BILLION years ago, and it took the light that long to get to us. Means its really fucking far out there.
It probably looked like one of these american dream action movie explosions.
Since we can detect (all kinda?) activity even 3.8 billion light years away, doesn't that mean we could possibly detect alien life anywhere around that radius?
But obviously that's not far enough
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;29070343]Since we can detect (all kinda?) activity even 3.8 billion light years away, doesn't that mean we could possibly detect alien life anywhere around that radius?
But obviously that's not far enough[/QUOTE]
you can see a forest fire from miles away
does that mean you can see an individual ant scurrying about in an ant nest on the other side of that forest
[QUOTE=zombini;29047670]2012 believers would rejoice saying the earth will melt December 21 2012.[/QUOTE]
i hope you melt
[QUOTE=ThePuska;29070442]you can see a forest fire from miles away
does that mean you can see an individual ant scurrying about in an ant nest on the other side of that forest[/QUOTE]
Umm no, but if you think about our planet, in the middle of nowhere of space, probably a lot of different radiation or whatever the fuck are.. radiating outwards, that is because of our industries and what-not, and one could possibly detect it and make a conclusion that some remarkable being is doing something cool on that planet.
Not to mention all the junk and abandoned satellites and all kinda stuff floating around our planet. If anyone, and I mean ANYONE, ever stumbled across these things..
See what I mean? I mean the odds are that if any space ship flew relatively close to us, anywhere between few lightyears or whatever, we would probably detect it.
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;29070567]Umm no, but if you think about our planet, in the middle of nowhere of space, probably a lot of different radiation or whatever the fuck are.. radiating outwards, that is because of our industries and what-not, and one could possibly detect it and make a conclusion that some remarkable being is doing something cool on that planet.
Not to mention all the junk and abandoned satellites and all kinda stuff floating around our planet. If anyone, and I mean ANYONE, ever stumbled across these things..
See what I mean? I mean the odds are that if any space ship flew relatively close to us, anywhere between few lightyears or whatever, we would probably detect it.[/QUOTE]
We don't radiate with the strength of a star that's being torn apart by a black hole. Aliens probably don't either. Unless they're in the habit of blowing up suns.
[QUOTE=ThePuska;29070755]We don't radiate with the strength of a star that's being torn apart by a black hole. Aliens probably don't either. Unless they're in the habit of blowing up suns.[/QUOTE]
In which case we probably don't want to meet them.
Let me reiterate once again how much I would love to live through some kind of major event that involves earth being connected to life somewhere far out in the cosmos.
Wait blast? Because of a black hole?
Party Popper mode: It's gravity. It's more like the star was cracked open by the black hole which ate the core and the shell with everything splashing onto it's face and on the table. :v:
[QUOTE=SinjinOmega;29072148]Wait blast? Because of a black hole?
Party Popper mode: It's gravity. It's more like the star was cracked open by the black hole which ate the core and the shell with everything splashing onto it's face and on the table. :v:[/QUOTE]
I'm sure enough strain on a celestial object can cause it to "explode" just as well as it can cause it to "spill". They already found a star being eaten by a black hole in the middle of nowhere basically. It was just chillin then suddenly the blackhole caught it and they danced for thousands upon thousands of years until the black hole sucked it dry.
Though this would be the first I've heard of a star exploding due to a black hole.
[QUOTE=alphatwo;29041487]So did the star explode like millions of years ago and were only seeing it now?
It's so weird that we see stuff in our sky so long after they happened.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTvSa1rCOY[/media]
I don't think it was the star itself that exploded, but rather the black hole vomited, so to speak.
[quote]Although research is ongoing, astronomers say that the unusual blast likely arose when a star wandered too close to its galaxy’s central black hole. Intense tidal forces tore the star apart, and the infalling gas continues to stream toward the hole. [b]According to this model, the spinning black hole formed an outflowing jet along its rotational axis.[/b] A powerful blast of X- and gamma rays is seen if this jet is pointed in our direction.[/quote]
This image is a fairly decent visualisation of it; the vertical emission is the gamma ray burst.
[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Black_hole04_new_final.jpg[/url]
[QUOTE=ThePuska;29070755]We don't radiate with the strength of a star that's being torn apart by a black hole. Aliens probably don't either. Unless they're in the habit of blowing up suns.[/QUOTE]
Meeting the Covenant would be a real-life Seven Hours War
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;29052085]Goddamit, I read this in Breen's voice...[/QUOTE]
Breen is king :v:
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