The Sun Will Explode In Less Than Six Years!

**Nival** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 00:58:15

The Sun Will Explode In Less Than Six Years!

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20020918/103236120009.html

**MissMaul** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 03:13:28

/me freaks...

/me notices it's from Weekly World News.

Pfffft.

**__________Maxtor 1-7** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 04:32:29

AHAHAHAHA!

Well, the first paragraph is right, give or take the alert part.. the sun's core isn't too far off either, interesting.

I was looking for some cheerful news today, thnx for the link.

**Centurion3** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 06:53:47

Lets get to lootin'

**Caloss2** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 11:39:31

LOL
well killed all of 20 seconds of server downtime.

wow did we really have hubble back in 1604? we're just great!

./me goes out and buys weekley news

pffft

nice one

peace
cal

**lilnymph** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 13:28:33

*wonders if she should get all techinical about the mistakes in that article, then desides she cant be bothered hehe*

the wonders of having a degree in Astrophysics

hugs

lilnymph

**AkodoReign** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 13:34:04

Operator: Cleo hotline what can I do for you..
Prov von Meep: Yes I want to know the future.. yes.
Operator: Oh I see the Death card come up..
Prov von Meep: So the sun is going supernova... Thanks..
Click...
Operator: what a weirdo....

**Skeena-** · Oct 3rd, 2002, 21:36:02

That is such a load of crap. Everyone knows that the sun will explode in 2012 on the last day of the Mayan calendar.

**__________Maxtor 1-7** · Oct 4th, 2002, 04:14:49

In the case that some people didn't sense the amusement in my first post, the only correct facts are the temp. taken of the suns core before being turned into story content (might get up to about 30 million degrees F. if my memory is correct) and that solar flares aren’t the rarest thing to find on a star.
Anyway, something that size doesn't seem like too much for a star which is 865,000 or so miles in diameter and has a mass of about 2 octillion tons (million, billion, trillion, quadrillion.. the list is Latin or whatever).

The sun will not go into a supergiant and engulf the entire solar system, a supergiant may only get fairly close to Mars if my picture book is correct

, and the sun is not large enough to become a supergiant.
The sun, in about 5 billion years, will become a 'red giant', which is when it reaches the end of it's life but is too selfish to leave any hydrogen for other stars that may form. It will use the process of fusion to make a lot of heavy elements and leave a sphere of iron in the center of the solar system.

Supernovas are the things that giant stars create where they throw out much of their mass, creating a very cool nebula, so they do not become an uber-supergiant or black hole. Also, these go farther into the fusion process and create heavier elements.

One last thing, red giants and supergiants can stay in that state for a long time, most in recorded history should still be visible today. A supernova is a short, gigantic explosion which will make all the other stars seem a lot dimmer and very boring.

**lilnymph** · Oct 4th, 2002, 08:26:31

actually, a red giant, which the sun will eventually form, will engulf everything up to around mars (I think mars will probably escape, but due to the shifting gravity of the solar system at this time, it might not). Also, if the Sun did explode, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes, as it would take that long for the light to reach us. I'mnot going to getany further into stellar dynamics, as it really does get rather complicated hehe

hugs

lilnymph

**Centurion3** · Oct 4th, 2002, 09:43:39

Originally posted by Skeena
That is such a load of crap. Everyone knows that the sun will explode in 2012 on the last day of the Mayan calendar.

You all knew that? And you didnt tell me untill now? Ah damn you all

**______________Rogoff** · Oct 4th, 2002, 20:17:05

"It's a sign that the Sun is ready to blow . . . I don't know if I can put it any more plainly than that," says Dutch astrophysicist Dr. Piers Van der Meer, a top expert affiliated with the European Space Agency.

"It will be like a nuclear bomb trillions of times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima going off at the center of our solar system.

"When that happens Earth will be instantly incinerated along with all life on it. It's like when a marshmallow falls into a fire, blackens and melts."

All I can say is...where were you when I was FALLING ASLEEP IN PHYSICS!?!

**Laeni** · Oct 4th, 2002, 20:29:27

Even if it were true, so what? We couldn't do anything about it and there's a lot worse ways to go than being instantly incinerated.

The sun exploding is very far down on my list of things to worry about. :-D

**MissMaul** · Oct 4th, 2002, 23:25:07

Miria's got a point...I'd much rather die instantly, and not knowing I was going to.

**skybert** · Oct 4th, 2002, 23:59:07

well.... I would actually like to know the excact day and way I would die (hopefully, it'll be a quick one, where I don't suffer a long time before it happens). That would give me time to spend up the rest of my money, so I could have some SERIOUS FUN at the end. Kinda, going off with a party or something.

..like some indians said "yippi-ka-yay" (prolly not the right spelling, though), meaning something like 'this is a good day to die'. A good day to die, would be a happy day, where everything goes smooth, every hour brings pleasure and happiness, and you do stuff that you enjoy doing. THEN, all of a suddon, I drop dead.
If I could choose, that's the way I want to go.

But I have alot of things to do, so I kinda hope it takes a bit of time before I need to worry about that.

**BoomDoom** · Oct 5th, 2002, 17:26:58

Originally posted by lilnymph
I'mnot going to get any further into stellar dynamics, as it really does get rather complicated hehe

hugs

lilnymph

Why not?

Some of us like learning new things...

(you have an astro-physics degree? That's pretty cool. I feel forshamed)

**engelstein** · Oct 5th, 2002, 17:37:41

I remember making smores while camping. The best part was tossing a couple marshmallows in the fire and watching them burn. They'd turn all black and get really big. And then if you punched a whole in them, burning marshmallow goop would come out. Fun times.

Usually, I'd just burn my marshmallows and have a chocolate sandwich.

**_____________Kresten** · Oct 5th, 2002, 17:54:21

Originally posted by Skybert
well.... I would actually like to know the excact day and way I would die (hopefully, it'll be a quick one, where I don't suffer a long time before it happens). That would give me time to spend up the rest of my money, so I could have some SERIOUS FUN at the end. Kinda, going off with a party or something.

..like some indians said "yippi-ka-yay" (prolly not the right spelling, though), meaning something like 'this is a good day to die'. A good day to die, would be a happy day, where everything goes smooth, every hour brings pleasure and happiness, and you do stuff that you enjoy doing. THEN, all of a suddon, I drop dead.
If I could choose, that's the way I want to go.

But I have alot of things to do, so I kinda hope it takes a bit of time before I need to worry about that.

Not me.... I would hate to know when, where and how I would die.

I think the fear as the date approached would preclude me form having any fun at all.

I think its best to just live as good and as full a life as possible while we can. Having said that, I dont think I'm going to play any AO today... I'm going to go outside and enjoy what is a gorgeous day here in the south.

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