[cripplecreek]

If it explodes in 10 years we’ll only have 3,260 years to go. (Its 3,260 light years away)

[Top Duck]

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?

[Lokibob]

“If it explodes in 10 years we’ll only have 3,260 years to go. (Its 3,260 light years away)”

But what if it exploded 3258 years ago (and the Aztecs saw it).

.....Bob

[Renegade]

Could have exploded 3260 yrs. ago already and tomorrow were toast !

[gleeaikin]

Then again, it could already have exploded, since it would take 3,000 light years to get here.

On the other hand the article suggests this could happen 10 million years from now. Since the average species lives about 5 million years. Who knows what we will have become by then if we don’t off ourselves with nuclear winter or some such before then. I think I will worry about something else for now.