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HN discussion on this is entirely about aliens, clickbait and pink ducks (for some reason). Come on people. Given this thing is only 4000 light years I way I'd
by omnicognate 5y ago
HN discussion on this is entirely about aliens, clickbait and pink ducks (for some reason). Come on people.
Given this thing is only 4000 light years I way I'd like to know if there's any chance of it causing some kind of apocalypse at some point. I guess if it's a magnetar the gamma-ray-burst-producing event in its life is already past?
- varelse 5y agoAnything beyond ~50 light years is out of range.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoPotentially a direct hit from a GRB few kiloparsecs away would cause issues, but for extinction level events the GRB needs to be a lot closer. This doesn't seem to be a GRB. It's more likely to be a magnetar, and at this distance there's nothing at all to worry about.
- varelse 5y agoThe concept of anything a light year away or more being able to wipe out life on Earth is pretty mind-boggling to me. I wish we focused more on things that were mind-boggling rather than mind killing. But that's just not how this culture is playing out.