BAZ Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 NASA have found a Pulsar clocking 5 million mph. http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/february/nasas-chandra-sees-runaway-pulsar-firing-an-extraordinary-jet/#.UwRLSfldXng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 only 125 times more at it would disappear (Speed of light) - pretty dam fast - if that hits "something" at that speed and mass(e=mc2) that will be quite a show - hope its no us - love the jet stream its leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yeah, that coming in your direction would put a crimp on your day. It's fascinating stuff, it almost seems that nothing is impossible out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I will need dig my anderson shelter a bit deeper then Still mind blowing ! What next I wonder ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 That's scary and amazing at the same time. If this were heading for us, I wonder how easily we would have identified the fact. (it would get bigger, but would we have noticed?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I don't know if we would. There is a good few things we have up there that are tuned to detect minute movement, or fractional changes in light output. But something coming straight towards us, would be a barely imperceptible change, maybe until it was too late. Look how many Asteroids have been near miss events, and we didn't see them until they were going away from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Oh Well we will never know what hit us Think there are things closer to home that might be more dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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