BrikoXM to Global [email protected]English • 2 months agoWe're (probably) doomed: Experts think the Sun may produce gigantic, electronics-destroying superflares much more often than we previously thoughtwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down14file-text
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minus-square@CarroladelinkEnglish2•2 months agoOkay, once a century is neat. Now calculate the likelihood it’ll be pointed directly at us instead of any other direction it could go in, in 3 dimensional space from a spherical object.
minus-squareMaestrolinkfedilink2•2 months agoThe sun spins too, so not full 3D space. It’ll probably be flung out along the planetary plane.
Okay, once a century is neat. Now calculate the likelihood it’ll be pointed directly at us instead of any other direction it could go in, in 3 dimensional space from a spherical object.
The sun spins too, so not full 3D space. It’ll probably be flung out along the planetary plane.