A Death Star

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rachel06 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:01:58 GMT

I have heard of the Mayan prophecy that something like this is going to happen to Earth in 2012 because we will be aligned with the black hole in the center of the galaxy. Do you think this is possible? That would be incredibly devastating to know that we are all going to die in five years.

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positron1930 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:18:15 GMT

3c321 has been in this situation for a million years and it's barely being watched. Yes I think Nasa should hurry up and send the New Telescope up to orbit.

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ichisato — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:44:55 GMT

sry rachel but no it takes a looong time for one to form... and not even a black hole at the distance of our sun has enough power to pull us in. unless the mayans do some magical thing that will throw our planet half way across the galaxy... we'd die anyway.

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Margie C — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:51:28 GMT

I've known about the Mayan prophecy for quite a while. I always figured it would be when the magnetic poles shifted again, which is about due, and is concurrent with our own sun shifting poles. But with the Mayans great astononomical knowledge, they could have known about something aligning in the galaxy. However, I'm more inclined to think they were simply great observers and calculators, and don't think they could have known about a black hole.

So, hang onto your hats! Death is a rebirth, and the end of their calendar may just be the beginning of another.

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billyx333 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:11:07 GMT

what crack are you kids smoking? Mayan prophecy? Our sun becoming a blackhole and not being able to suck earth in?!!? HAH! dont make me laugh, a blackhole is capable of eating up a galaxy, much less our tiny solar system. Light itself can't even exist in the radius of a blackhole due to the incredible gravitational pull. And this mayan prophecy is from a bunch of superstitious acient people. But they did have incredible mathematics and astrology, but there is absolutely no possible way that we are going to vanish in 4 years. The possibility would be a mount everest sized asteroid hitting the earth at 200,000+ mph splitting our surface, spewing lava, instant tidal waves, instant earthquakes, the earth sky completely covered in ash, dust, debri, then causing an iceage after everything is completely decimated. And I don't see how the random courses of astroids could possibly be predicted, so unless the mayans were divine creatures of god, we will be fine.

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billyx333 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:12:59 GMT

Oh and, there is no possible way our sun could possible die out within our earth's lifetime :) Our earth's magnetic field is more likely to die out and our core to freeze before the sun will even think about dying :)

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maddawgs2008 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:12:16 GMT

I believe it will happen one day. The sun is like a star and the sun will burn out one day and will turn into a black hole. The good news is all of us will not be alive to see it. It maybe millions or billions of years down the line before it happens. The bad news is its probably the end of earth and the nine other planets but its nothing that we should worry about. There is nothing we can do but wait but for us we would be dead way before we'd have to worry about the sun burning out on us.

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scottnug — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:05:52 GMT

For those of you less scientifically inclined. The sun is not massive enough to collapse into a black hole. It will however in a few billion years swell to an enormous red giant after it has consumed all the hydrogen it is currently burning. at which point it will envelope the earth. However we will either a) already be extinct b) no longer confined to one planet and one solar system and thus be able to continue our species througout known space. Either way there is nothing to lose sleep over.

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MrKay — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:34:24 GMT

I wonder what the material looks like once its basic structure of neutrons, protons and orbiting electrons are broken down and everything is pressed together. Is it even matter at that point?

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