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Solar Flare Interference From 45k Lightyears Away

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the duck-the-flares-are-coming dept.

Wan2Be writes "Nasa has a story about a solar flare on Aug. 27 that affected our planet with radio bounces and blackouts - but it wasn't from old Sol, it was from SGR 1900+14, a neutron star about 45,000 light years away. "

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    I read and re-read all the pretty diagrams and numbers, but haven't got it yet.

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  5. Re:45,000 light years away? by Trigun · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, but what I'm saying is that something that had to travel 45,000+ years to get here should have had noticeable effects on data coming in already.

    Maybe the scientists are saying "Hey, this explains all that strange shit we've been seeing."

  6. Re:45,000 light years away? by Trigun · · Score: -1, Troll

    If I leave here, to kick your ass for asking such stupid questions, when would you first find out that I have left my house? When you opened your door and got my foot in your ass.

    Now who's talking fantasy?

    All I'm saying fucknut, is that any form of radiation will have some noticeable effects on the surrounding area, and 45,000 light years is a long distance to go unnoticed, no matter what speed it's going at.

    Let me explain this further. As the radiation approaches a star, it would have an effect on the star even before it got to the star. Given the diameter of a star, plus the fact that it hasn't reached the star yet, there would be some precursor data which we could measure.

    And maybe I wouldn't know that you were coming to my house to try and put your foot up my ass, bud I'd sure as hell see you coming up the front walk.

    Why don't you go grow up, and ask for my address when you graduate high school, and get enough money together for bus fare to my city. Until then, fuck off and live another day of your life in your fantasy world.