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Offline Grumpmeister

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Its been a while since my science GCSE
« on: January 22, 2011, 12:08:39 AM »
But surely if this sun is 640 light years away then it is going to take 640 years for the light of the supernove to reach us once the event takes place?  rubschin:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1349383/Earth-second-sun-year-supernova-turns-night-day.html
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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 07:19:29 AM »
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Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, claimed yesterday that the galactic blast could happen before 2012 – or any time over the next million years.

Must have been a quiet news day....  noooo:

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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 07:23:16 AM »
 shutup: I never said a word.
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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2011, 08:01:54 AM »
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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2011, 08:23:12 AM »
The thought is as bad as the deed eh?  surrender:
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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 08:25:26 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on January 22, 2011, 08:23:12 AM
The thought is as bad as the deed eh?  surrender:

yes.  evil:
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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2011, 10:51:27 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on January 22, 2011, 12:08:39 AM
But surely if this sun is 640 light years away then it is going to take 640 years for the light of the supernove to reach us once the event takes place?  rubschin:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1349383/Earth-second-sun-year-supernova-turns-night-day.html

Presumably it went bang somewhere between 639 years ago and a million years in the future.

Uncle Mort will know, unless he has also gone bang...
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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2011, 10:58:19 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on January 22, 2011, 10:51:27 AM
Quote from: Grumpmeister on January 22, 2011, 12:08:39 AM
But surely if this sun is 640 light years away then it is going to take 640 years for the light of the supernove to reach us once the event takes place?  rubschin:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1349383/Earth-second-sun-year-supernova-turns-night-day.html

Presumably it went bang somewhere between 639 years ago and a million years in the future.

Uncle Mort will know, unless he has also gone bang...

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Re: Its been a while since my science GCSE
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2011, 01:05:42 PM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on January 22, 2011, 10:51:27 AM
Presumably it went bang somewhere between 639 years ago and a million years in the future.

What was Nick doing before he crashed at Roswell?  rubschin:
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