Author Topic: The Top Most Dangerous Astronomical Object in the Universe?  (Read 6178 times)

The United States Military. :cookieMonster:


Alright, let's get this straight here.  If you look at the title, it says "most dangerous...".  This would imply that harm would come to us, thus making it dangerous.  A black hole on the other edge of the galaxy poses no threat to us, so it is completely NOT dangerous.

A few years ago, a very large and dangerous meteor was headed for an area near the earth, and there was some concern about that.  But out around Jupiter, the meteor fragmented and was sucked in by Jupiter due to its incredible gravity.  The earth is pretty well protected from astronomical anomalies due to its inner location. 

Because non-earth objects have a near impossible danger level, we turn to light-related anomalies.  Gamma ray bursts, though fatal to the earth and the most dangerous in caliber, are very rare, and even when they do happen, there is a very slim chance that any of it will hit the earth.  Therefore, it is not a contender for the title.

The sun, however, is essentially a nuclear power plant of gas resting 8 lightminutes from the earth.  It has a very strong magnetic field, but sometimes that field fluctuates.  This creates sun spots an mass ejections.  Given a big enough fluctuation in the Sun's gravity, it can create very large mass ejection, which has been perceived to ruin electronic systems.  Given a big enough mass ejection, you get total electronic wipeout.  Imagine a world with no electronics - no Internet, no traction control on cars, no telephones.  Us modern people, ever reliant on electricity, would ruin society.  The stocks would crash, governments would fall, medical practice couldn't issue electronic-reliant practices.  The world as we know it would shatter, all because of a big enough flux in the sun's gravity.

I put my bid on the sun.

Of course, but the Sun wouldn't destroy Pluto.

I'm talking about the most destructive, powerful, and most interesting entities in the Universe that can destroy the Earth and any other celestial bodies.

Supernovae can be light-years away, and then reach the earth, and cause everything to forget up.

The Sun is only a little away.

But theoretically speaking, yes, the Sun is the closest threat to Earth.

Actually


Mars is closest, If it hit the Earth, everything would be stuffy for us.

humanity. and towels.

Dangerous for human life?

An asteroid obviously.

(if they actually exist that is)
What is this, the 70s or something?

In terms of dangers to humanity, a bobbit worm and hornet hybrids are we're a danger to ourselves. I'm not trying to sound deep or "meaningful".

I didn't know humans were Astronomical.

Do they have a gravitational pull?
Are they dense?

Dont you mean rogue neutron stars rather than magnetars? If so then hyper active black holes. We can escape neutron stars, but nothing can ever escape a black hole, the gravitational pull of a hyper-active rogue black hole can displace even earth if the black hole is even. A few million lightyears away.

I didn't know humans were Astronomical.

Do they have a gravitational pull?
Are they dense?
I'm trying to comprehend this post.

Are those questions serious?


I didn't know humans were Astronomical.

Do they have a gravitational pull?
Are they dense?
Yes, they do have a gravitational pull. And they are dense; but just how dense are they? That is the question.

Alright, let's get this straight here.  If you look at the title, it says "most dangerous...".  This would imply that harm would come to us, thus making it dangerous.  A black hole on the other edge of the galaxy poses no threat to us, so it is completely NOT dangerous.

A few years ago, a very large and dangerous meteor was headed for an area near the earth, and there was some concern about that.  But out around Jupiter, the meteor fragmented and was sucked in by Jupiter due to its incredible gravity.  The earth is pretty well protected from astronomical anomalies due to its inner location. 

Because non-earth objects have a near impossible danger level, we turn to light-related anomalies.  Gamma ray bursts, though fatal to the earth and the most dangerous in caliber, are very rare, and even when they do happen, there is a very slim chance that any of it will hit the earth.  Therefore, it is not a contender for the title.

The sun, however, is essentially a nuclear power plant of gas resting 8 lightminutes from the earth.  It has a very strong magnetic field, but sometimes that field fluctuates.  This creates sun spots an mass ejections.  Given a big enough fluctuation in the Sun's gravity, it can create very large mass ejection, which has been perceived to ruin electronic systems.  Given a big enough mass ejection, you get total electronic wipeout.  Imagine a world with no electronics - no Internet, no traction control on cars, no telephones.  Us modern people, ever reliant on electricity, would ruin society.  The stocks would crash, governments would fall, medical practice couldn't issue electronic-reliant practices.  The world as we know it would shatter, all because of a big enough flux in the sun's gravity.

I put my bid on the sun.
Oh dear