Milky Way Black Hole Could Reignite

sciencehabit sends us to Sciencemag.org for an account of a survey of nearby galaxies that points to the possibility that once-quiescent galactic nuclei could wake up and become active again. If the Milky Way's dormant black hole should become active, it could be bad news for life on Earth (and elsewhere in the neighborhood). The paper (PDF) is up on the arXiv.

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And we care because?

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So, IF something 5K light years away happens within the next 10K years, we'll be effected how? My rotted, petrified bones may be irradiated? My great x 500 grandchildren, who by then will have conquered intergalactic space travel, might have to move elsewhere?

Ho-hum. Must be a slow science news day.