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This certainly can't bode well for the planets that sun supported.
by dr_ 16y ago
This certainly can't bode well for the planets that sun supported.
- Splines 16y agoA GRB plays an important part in the novel Diaspora by Greg Egan. I'd recommend it if you're interested in learning what would actually happen were we to be closer. (Without being a trained astrophysicist, the events in the novel seemed plausible, so I assume Mr. Egan did his homework).
- JonnieCache 16y agoJust read this book. One of the most mind-melting things I've ever read. Every other page introduces a new concept even more staggering than the last. It deserves its own thread here to be honest. It's about a posthuman society's reaction to a GRB in their vicinity, and its basically one long thought experiment about the various consequences of the human race abandoning corporeal existence.
- dennisgorelik 16y agoThese planets were torn apart long time ago - when that black hole was formed. Before forming that black hole stars were exploding, so all ~nearby planets were most likely blown away.
- dasil003 16y agoEven if there somehow were planets orbiting the star, they would have been sucked in as soon as they got the black hole side of their orbit.