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Huge Star Quake Rocks Milky Way

Posted by Zonk on from the hold-on-sol! dept.

SJrX writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists have detected "the biggest explosion observed by humans within [the past 400 years]". The explosion luckily occured about 50,000 light years away form us, on the far side of the Milky Way, as the article goes on to say that had the explosion been within 10 light years of us, it "would possibly have triggered a mass extinction.""

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  1. WRONG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...as the article goes on to say that had the explosion been within 10 light years of us, it "would possibly have triggered a mass extinction."
    Bullshit. Unless the rocks are traveling at even one-tenth of the speed of light, which is not possible, we wouldn't have anything to worry about. Whomever wrote that sentence wasn't thinking correctly.

    Makes me wonder if the rest of the article is bullshit as well.

  2. duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant


    The exploded star is now looking at its light reaching us.

  3. My house by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So that's what caused that severe shake that I felt this morning while sitting at home!