Posted on 05/06/2020 9:14:35 AM PDT by plain talk
A Black Hole Is Almost on Our Doorstep
Well. If it knocks, give it some warm cookies out of the oven.
Michelle Obama ?
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Well... maybe not so "quiet", first it will likely gobble up the Earth.
Any of our descendants still here will need to find new homes.
Or move Earth to a more distant orbit.
Farmer's Insurance has seen a thing or two...
Skipped over the part in which the Sun will increase in luminosity sufficient to eliminate water at the Earths surface long before running out of fuel. Move the Earth to rest at one of Jupiters Lagrange Points, or emplace a shield to reduce insolation to a tolerable degree???
A third option is Star Lifting which would gain usable materials from the sun, reduce the solar mass to effectively turn down the thermostat, and extend the usable life of the sun. A nice long-term management project.
Chandrasekhars limit is currently postulated to be about 1.4 solar mass.
French or Swiss side?
Didnt think a star with only 4x mass of sun could become a BH.
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It can’t. 4x is the final mass of the black hole. The star it came from would be around 20x.
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