Al Massey Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The sun might kill us all - a) in a few years time b) in a lot of years time (when it expands and engulfs the Earth) c) in even more years time when it dies and becomes a black hole Ok, I heard b and c somewhere else, but you get the gist. Until then - get the cigar on, it has, as LBM said, been good. For c to happen the sun will have to expand to a point where it cant sustain itself and then implode creating a black hole, but before it implodes it will consume the galaxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 but before it implodes it will consume the galaxy Don't you mean the Sol solar system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Don't you mean the Sol solar system? Nope, Well in a way yes, but with the milky way and andromeda galaxy merging creating the Milkomeda galaxy, granted its not due to start untill the next 5 billion years the sun may jump earlier than the rest of the planets and create massive devastition. So if our sun does go nova or a corona causes the burn out of a planet than gravitation forces could rapidly devastate the galaxy, it would all depend on how far the sun does expand and if the gravitational forces pull in other planets from the neighbouring solar system and could make a chain reaction that might not stop. But more than likely it will only effect our solar system, but if it happens we will probably never know the final result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The first two posts of this thread remind me of a time, a few years back, when I watched an edition of Horizon (or was it Equinox?). I was on the sofa then. It was more comfortable than this chair but they were the same experience all told. This is old 'news' and well, it'll happen or it won't. Personally I'm hoping that Cumbre Viejo slips into the see and launches a Tsunami at the US. It seems like a much more media-friendly disaster scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 M i'm sure you don't want that to happen since it gets us too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I may be wrong but ive never come across this theoryof our small sun consuming a galaxy, our solar system most definately. B & C are pretty irrelevant as at our current rate of development this would long ceased to have been a worry for mankind assuming we are not extinct already. The actual posting point is however a very real problem, but no one knows when this pheonominom is going to happen on a problematic scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 M i'm sure you don't want that to happen since it gets us too! Actually it won't. Well maybe those who live in Cornwall/Devon, South Wales and Southern Ireland but the important people will be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Surely anything to do with Corona has got to be good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I wouldn't worry about this...... My google earth apocalypse simulator predicts CERN's black hole will suck us all to death.............................. not a bad way to go really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I may be wrong but ive never come across this theory of our small sun consuming a galaxy, our solar system most definately. Its a small sun now but when it goes nova it expands and consumes everything in its path, so it wont be small then. And the only way the scientists think the sun could destroy a galaxy is when the 2 galaxies i mentioned merge into one, which will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks guys, you have made my previous boring thread, more readable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks guys, you have made my previous boring thread, more readable I thought it was quite a good read, but i have been interested in this for years and have studied quite a lot into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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