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That makes an assumption that the flare was unidirectional. If it's a beam, it could be that Earth was in the beam for an hour, but its duration is anything (li
by krasin 7y ago
That makes an assumption that the flare was unidirectional. If it's a beam, it could be that Earth was in the beam for an hour, but its duration is anything (like, 1M years)
- toxicFork 7y agoThis is something awesome to consider. Perhaps we only passed through the beam. Perhaps the beam itself was rotating.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoThe beam would have to be godlike collimated to make any of the relevant velocities enough to take us trough it in a few hours. Things that far away just don't move fast.