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Explosive Nearby Star Could Threaten Earth
space.com ^
| 01/04/10
| Andrea Thompson
Posted on 01/04/2010 4:41:16 PM PST by KevinDavis
WASHINGTON — A massive, eruptive white dwarf star in the Milky Way — long overdue for its next periodic eruption — is closer to our solar system than previously thought and could threaten the Earth if it fully explodes millions of years from now.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; space
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:42:06 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
>>A massive, eruptive white dwarf star in the Milky Way — long overdue for its next periodic eruption — is closer to our solar system than previously thought and could threaten the Earth if it fully explodes millions of years from now.<<
Women and minorities will be hit hardest.
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:42:29 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: KevinDavis
Gosh, only “MILLIONS OF YEARS FROM NOW”.
Guess we need to start packing.
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:42:53 PM PST
by
edcoil
(If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
To: KevinDavis
Well, time to find some more water planets.
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:43:06 PM PST
by
Dr. North
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:43:55 PM PST
by
hdbc
(1/20/13 End of an Error.)
To: KevinDavis
As if I didn’t have enough to worry about.
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:44:02 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: KevinDavis
"We're gonna die!!! "
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:44:23 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
To: KevinDavis
Does Al Gore know about this? He’ll predict an explosion in 10 years - unless we cough up big bucks.
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:45:20 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: beethovenfan
If it explodes in 10 years we’ll only have 3,260 years to go. (Its 3,260 light years away)
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:48:12 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: freedumb2003
aren’t the Russians taking care of this problem ?/s
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:49:21 PM PST
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
To: freedumb2003
To: KevinDavis
“.....could threaten the Earth if it fully explodes millions of years from now.”
Perhaps I will be accused of procrastination, but I’m not going to put this high on my “worry list”. ;>)
I am reminded, He promised to never flood the earth again.
Now, I do find it amazing that we have reached a point that we can discover or even contemplate such things.
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:50:59 PM PST
by
Gator113
(Obama is America's First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
To: KevinDavis
Just duck and cover and it will be ok...
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:51:33 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: freedumb2003
Women and minorities will be hit hardest. Are Romulans a minority?
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posted on
01/04/2010 4:55:23 PM PST
by
sportutegrl
(I was for Sarah Palin before being for Sarah was cool.)
To: KevinDavis
Are you threatening me?
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posted on
01/04/2010 5:00:45 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: KevinDavis
Ok - we’re doomed ... heading out to max out all my credit cards ...
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posted on
01/04/2010 5:05:17 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: KevinDavis
Oh, great. I was organizing closets tomorrow.
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posted on
01/04/2010 5:07:39 PM PST
by
floriduh voter
(Thanks, Dutch Guy. Apparently, you are U.S. Homeland Security.)
To: cripplecreek
Couldn’t it have actually possibly already exploded — say 3,259 years ago? We just haven’t been able tto see it yet.
Just thinking maybe we ain’t all that super safe due to the distance.
How’d we know?
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posted on
01/04/2010 5:10:22 PM PST
by
Top Duck
To: KevinDavis
“...could threaten the Earth if it fully explodes millions of years from now.
Whoa!!! Better get busy solving that one immediately!
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