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On a side note, I remember watching an episode of How The Universe Works and they were talking about a massive explosion that was so big and gave off so much en

On a side note, I remember watching an episode of How The Universe Works and they were talking about a massive explosion that was so big and gave off so much energy in two minutes, the analogy used was this: It was the equivalent of 1000 trillion nuclear bombs going off every second for 100 billion years. And that's what it put out in two minutes! Mind blown! Edit: I think the total energy was measured in Yottawatts. Oh and it was Michelle Thaller and Hakeem Oluseyi that quantified it if it makes any difference... Edit2: Found the episode here: https://youtu.be/BhME6wejT6U?t=1830 https://youtu.be/BhME6wejT6U?t=1830

arethuza 7y ago
The Soviet Tsar Bomba had a power output of about 5 Yottawatts (about 1% of the Sun) - only for a few nanoseconds though!
- _Understated_ 7y ago
  My puny human mind struggles to comprehend the scale of things like that when I'm surrounded by things that "only" measure, at most, in KW.
  - arethuza 7y ago
    That reminds of part of an XKCD What If - Which of the following would be brighter, in terms of the amount of energy delivered to your retina: - A supernova, seen from as far away as the Sun is from the Earth, or - The detonation of a hydrogen bomb pressed against your eyeball? https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/
    - derekp7 7y ago
      What I want to know, is how bright does a light have to be to blind you if the back of your head is facing it.