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Out of curiosity, just what would happen to a person standing on Earth, staring up at the night sky right at the moment that a GRB jet hit the planet? Also, ho
by mabbo 8y ago
Out of curiosity, just what would happen to a person standing on Earth, staring up at the night sky right at the moment that a GRB jet hit the planet?
Also, how wide, in terms of arcseconds, is the jet? Is it a narrow laser beam that has no chance of actually hitting a planet, or is it wide enough that anything within 30 degrees of north is going to be sterilized?
- benmarks 8y agoMost likely (as in, very most likely) not bad [1], though it's theorized that the second largest mass extinction event on Earth may have been due to a GRB [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst#Rate_of_occurrence_and_potential_effects_on_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst#Rate_of_occurr... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordovician%E2%80%93Silurian_extinction_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordovician%E2%80%93Silurian_ex...
- jammygit 8y agoThere is a documentary about a comparable situation called The Incredible Hulk