@diver saidNot much happened these 20 days. How long should we keep this thread open?
Massive star top left of constellation Orion (bottom right if you’re in the southern hemisphere). Could go supernova in our lifetime, maybe even tomorrow. If anyone notices any changes, or if you see it go off please post about it here so we don’t miss out.
https://youtu.be/Kzqy1_vQpoI
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@Ponderable saidI believe 100,000 years is the maximum expected window Pondy.
Not much happened these 20 days. How long should we keep this thread open?
Thanks for watching!
@diver saidI can't promise to keep the thread flowating for the maximum number of years 😉
I believe 100,000 years is the maximum expected window Pondy.
Thanks for watching!
@denizil said"Between 100 million and 400 million"
@Suzianne As we have moved off into the likelihood of ohter intelligent life in teh Galaxy it's worth having a look at the Drake Equation
N = R* × fₚ × nₑ × fₗ × fᵢ × fc × L
This was dreamed up by a number of visionaries in the 1960s to give an estimate of the number of civilizations there might be in the Galaxy that are advanced enough to be detectable. We are detecta ...[text shortened]... east there's higher chance of me as a beginner at this game of winning one than there is of that lol
And that's just our galaxy. There are billions upon billions of galaxies.
Unless we start looking for stargates, that is WAY too far away to worry about.
@orangutan saidThis is highly relevant, since if we see the nova exploding it has exploaded some years before
Probably a bit off topic - but I came across this explanation of why you can't go faster than light.
[youtube]Vitf8YaVXhc[/youtube]
The way arround the lightspeed barrier is actually a wormhole, so a short cut through space-time.
