At least the value of your house would no longer matter......
18 December 2007, 02:11 PM
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At least the value of your house would no longer matter......
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Black hole 'bully' blasts galaxy
I guess thats all right then 
Can never get my head around this sort of stuff. Fascinating all the same though.
The combined effects of this radiation and particles travelling at almost the speed of light could have disastrous consequences for the atmospheres of any Earth-like planets lying in the path of the jet.
For example, protective layers of ozone in the planet's upper atmosphere could be destroyed, which could result in the mass extinction of any life that had evolved on the planet.
For example, protective layers of ozone in the planet's upper atmosphere could be destroyed, which could result in the mass extinction of any life that had evolved on the planet.
It is possible that it would not all be bad news for the galaxy being struck by the jet. The massive influx of energy and radiation from the jet may induce the formation of large numbers of stars and planets once its initial wake of destruction is complete.
Can never get my head around this sort of stuff. Fascinating all the same though.
18 December 2007, 02:50 PM
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Always interests me that people reporting on these kind of things say it "could" have such and such effect. It's 1.4 billion light years away, what they are observing now happened long before man even walked on this planet.
18 December 2007, 03:28 PM
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18 December 2007, 05:04 PM
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Try watching "Universe" on the History channel - same sort of stuff, the first episode was all about extinct level events, like our sun going supernova and asteriod collisions, with one that has scientists a tad worried expected around 2029...
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