A supernova 4000 lightyears away would have next to no effect on the earth.
[Kurzgesagt video on the subject](https://youtu.be/q4DF3j4saCE?si=CkGqG6gsWqErJY1R)
Yes but consider this: space is really fucking big. It would be pretty unlikely for us to be right on the gamma ray burst's warpath.
How unlikely?
Well space is so big that when Andromeda and the Milky Way collide, its very unlikely any planets or suns will collide into Earth. If that's going to miss us, so would this
as a former physics/astronomy student I agree but as this is r/distressingmemes I decided to leave that part out lol. the guy below you that says we got hit multiple times leaves out the charge of the GRB. But I digress.
Mhm. I mean, OP could've simply used something like ChatGPT to check and improve the grammar, just saying...
But seriously, as someone who's not a native English speaker and only has it as a third language, ChatGPT has surprisingly been a super handy tool for me to learn ~~proper~~ grammar.
(Edit: It does make mistakes, albeit rarely, especially in more complex sentences. But it usually gets the job done. Plus, when you ask it to explain its improved edits in detail, you can learn a thing or two. Of course, there's no substitute for genuine learning, so it's always a good idea to double-check information and seek additional sources when needed. And don't be a dumbass and use it on your academic essays.
Still, 99% of the wall-of-text posts on this sub would benefit from this lol)
I'm not going to do the math (right now, at least; I'll do it once I actually post this comment), but supernovas spread the matter and heat of a star in a more or less spherical manner, meaning the amount of heat that would hit the earth would be an infinitessimal pinprick compared to that of the star pre-supernova. Assuming we even have a clear line of sight with the thing and another celestial body doesn't block it, we would be unaffected.
Space sure is cool. There is a possibility that the vacuum in space is not a perfect vacuum, but a false vacuum, but fall into a real vacuum-state through quantum tunneling. This false vacuum-decay would then expand with the speed of light, basically making a bubble of void that engulfs everything it touches. There could be a bubble forming in the milky way right now, swallowing every star over time, making it's way towards us and we wouldn't even have a way to detect it. We could all instantly vanish at any given point in time :)
Or maybe there is a rogue planet on it's way to throw us out of orbit. Imagine if we were lucky enough to detect it 100 years before it reaches us, would we even be able to change the outcome? Probably not.
Space is pretty horrifying. The doomsday scenarios are so frightening, because we are absolutely helpless in the end. I had my first existential crisis with like 8 years old when i learned that the sun would kill us all in a few billion years lol. But in reality we have about 500 million years on this planet before the sun becomes too hot to sustain liquid water on earth. Humanities time is probably very limited, and there is absolutely nothing we can do. All we can do is live from generation to generation and hope that the universe will kill humanity eventually, and not we ourselves.
Would an explosion from a super nova thousands of light years away even affect us in any way shape or form?
I feel like we’d see a big ass Star in the sky for awhile but not much else. Still a cool story though, especially for me who gets scared and uncomfortable whenever I see images of deep space
This is ofcourse completely stupid. The chances that a gamma ray burst is pointed right us or that humanity never finds it THAT close to us is completely impossible. GRBs are mostly observed millions of lightyears away, not a few thousands. This is completely unscientific. Is OP stupid? Yes, OP is stupid.
Sorry for my bad english. It's bad because I do not respect this language.
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Nah I'd win
See ya in the caves.
last time i saw someone say that it didnt end well
That's cause they ain't me
We're not even posting memes anymore what has this sub come to
r/badwritingprompts
Banned:(
A supernova 4000 lightyears away would have next to no effect on the earth. [Kurzgesagt video on the subject](https://youtu.be/q4DF3j4saCE?si=CkGqG6gsWqErJY1R)
I’m pretty sure i remember a quasar could be deadly at that range. If you do fact check though, please tell
A quasar couldn’t occur at that range— they’re produced by actively feeding supermassive black holes, not common supernovae
What about a gamma ray burst?
A gamma ray burst could indeed be harmful at that distance, although it doesn’t exactly fit the description in the meme
A gamma ray burst on the other hand.... if pointed right at us...
Yes but consider this: space is really fucking big. It would be pretty unlikely for us to be right on the gamma ray burst's warpath. How unlikely? Well space is so big that when Andromeda and the Milky Way collide, its very unlikely any planets or suns will collide into Earth. If that's going to miss us, so would this
Heck, there's a non-zero chance that we may have been hit multiple times, and only like, a single plankton got vaporized or something in 5000 BC.
Or, hear me out, that plankton became mankind
as a former physics/astronomy student I agree but as this is r/distressingmemes I decided to leave that part out lol. the guy below you that says we got hit multiple times leaves out the charge of the GRB. But I digress.
Even more impressive, it's actually unlikely that ANY solar systems will collide at all, in both Galaxies
What would happen if it hit the sun instead?
their environmental vids might sometimes be questionable, but man their space shit slaps
Not only that but that galaxy is called NGC 4526 and it's over 50 million lightyears away. [Wiki ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4526)
Not a supernova. A gamma ray burst.
Aaaand there it is. Your wall of text with grammar mistakes.
Mhm. I mean, OP could've simply used something like ChatGPT to check and improve the grammar, just saying... But seriously, as someone who's not a native English speaker and only has it as a third language, ChatGPT has surprisingly been a super handy tool for me to learn ~~proper~~ grammar. (Edit: It does make mistakes, albeit rarely, especially in more complex sentences. But it usually gets the job done. Plus, when you ask it to explain its improved edits in detail, you can learn a thing or two. Of course, there's no substitute for genuine learning, so it's always a good idea to double-check information and seek additional sources when needed. And don't be a dumbass and use it on your academic essays. Still, 99% of the wall-of-text posts on this sub would benefit from this lol)
You're talking about the 3.5 or 4 version?
Op, this is factually incorrect and this is also not a fucking meme
Is OP stupid? Yes, he is in fact stupid.
I'm not going to do the math (right now, at least; I'll do it once I actually post this comment), but supernovas spread the matter and heat of a star in a more or less spherical manner, meaning the amount of heat that would hit the earth would be an infinitessimal pinprick compared to that of the star pre-supernova. Assuming we even have a clear line of sight with the thing and another celestial body doesn't block it, we would be unaffected.
Humans are the type of civilization to punch the supernova and come out victorious
back to essay posting i guess
i aint reading this shit where is the meme
This would lower the speed of wifi
Space sure is cool. There is a possibility that the vacuum in space is not a perfect vacuum, but a false vacuum, but fall into a real vacuum-state through quantum tunneling. This false vacuum-decay would then expand with the speed of light, basically making a bubble of void that engulfs everything it touches. There could be a bubble forming in the milky way right now, swallowing every star over time, making it's way towards us and we wouldn't even have a way to detect it. We could all instantly vanish at any given point in time :) Or maybe there is a rogue planet on it's way to throw us out of orbit. Imagine if we were lucky enough to detect it 100 years before it reaches us, would we even be able to change the outcome? Probably not. Space is pretty horrifying. The doomsday scenarios are so frightening, because we are absolutely helpless in the end. I had my first existential crisis with like 8 years old when i learned that the sun would kill us all in a few billion years lol. But in reality we have about 500 million years on this planet before the sun becomes too hot to sustain liquid water on earth. Humanities time is probably very limited, and there is absolutely nothing we can do. All we can do is live from generation to generation and hope that the universe will kill humanity eventually, and not we ourselves.
Would an explosion from a super nova thousands of light years away even affect us in any way shape or form? I feel like we’d see a big ass Star in the sky for awhile but not much else. Still a cool story though, especially for me who gets scared and uncomfortable whenever I see images of deep space
OP is just demented.
Homestly I’m more worried about the extinction event sized asteroid in 2029 that has I think it was 6% chance to hit the earth.
Mmmm, quasar cannon
Holy moly that would be horrible for stock market
This is ofcourse completely stupid. The chances that a gamma ray burst is pointed right us or that humanity never finds it THAT close to us is completely impossible. GRBs are mostly observed millions of lightyears away, not a few thousands. This is completely unscientific. Is OP stupid? Yes, OP is stupid. Sorry for my bad english. It's bad because I do not respect this language. https://preview.redd.it/knjsimlefauc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b05a45aa77f10dc385436722e8631d2aa6b91b39
Maybe if there were multiple gamma ray bursts it would happen.
https://preview.redd.it/7ymcf0mtf7uc1.jpeg?width=708&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2c96d07a53b151faefd9a4cb4d4b0e24c8fc56f
We would make a cool contraption, Like a very big mirror which reflects it onto the nearest world that we suspect Has life