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BBC news story on the theory that dying stars will wipe us out(not our Sun but others nearby).
"Sooner or later, a catastrophe from space will wipe out almost all life on Earth.
Dr Arnon Dar.
According to Dr Arnon Dar, of the Technion Space Research Institute, Israel, a particular type of exploding star going off anywhere in our region of the Universe would devastate our planet.
Using the latest statistics and calculations, he argues that a supermassive star collapsing at the end of its lifetime would form a black hole and send out a beam of destructive radiation and particles that would sterilise any planet in its path.
The odds are that any planet in our galaxy would be affected about once every one hundred million years. "It is a certainty; the timescales are comparable to mass extinctions seen in Earth's geological record," Dr Dar told BBC News Online. "
We're doomed. Doomed doomed doomed DOOMED! Again. *sighs*
"Sooner or later, a catastrophe from space will wipe out almost all life on Earth.
Dr Arnon Dar.
According to Dr Arnon Dar, of the Technion Space Research Institute, Israel, a particular type of exploding star going off anywhere in our region of the Universe would devastate our planet.
Using the latest statistics and calculations, he argues that a supermassive star collapsing at the end of its lifetime would form a black hole and send out a beam of destructive radiation and particles that would sterilise any planet in its path.
The odds are that any planet in our galaxy would be affected about once every one hundred million years. "It is a certainty; the timescales are comparable to mass extinctions seen in Earth's geological record," Dr Dar told BBC News Online. "
We're doomed. Doomed doomed doomed DOOMED! Again. *sighs*