Binary 'deathstar' has Earth in its sights

Binary 'deathstar' has Earth in its sights

www.cosmosmagazine.com

A spectacular, rotating binary star system is a ticking time bomb, ready to throw out a searing beam of high-energy gamma rays – and Earth may be right in the line of fire.A 2005 study showed that a gamma-ray burst originating within 6,500 light-years of Earth could be enough to strip away the ozone layer and cause a mass extinction.

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But we've got time. By the time we are able to escape our FEMA camps we should be able to re-start the space program and begin our exodus from this planet.

www.cosmosmagazine.com
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I thought the universe was expanding from a central point. How can these things that are beyond us expand into us? Wait, is Earth not in the center? But we are expanding too. This confuses me.

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^^ scooped 2 days ago

Bring it on. At least I won't have to worry about the election, gun laws passed that would prompt intrusion into my home to take my toys away, etc...

I say bring it.

if it's 6500 light years away it doesn't matter when it explodes. We'll all be dead anyway

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