There is possibly 2 stars in our solar system

[Cocoa Beware]

Fascinating.

It occurs to me that a celestial body with more mass/a closer approach would guarantee the end of the world. The prospect of a neutron star passing close by or even directly through our own neighborhood is a really cool idea. We would never see it coming, and its likely everything would get slung into interstellar space.

Of course, I dont think we should ever worry about something like that, seeing that our own local planetary system has evidently remained quite stable for billions of years. The odds of something like this ever happening must truly be astronomical.

[Termin]

 She told me I was her fisrt, thAT cloud LIED TO ME :(

[JI_Joe]

I wonder if there is anything of note in the fossil record 70,000 years ago.


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[Baruch]

Well 75,000 years ago we did have the big eruption on Sumatra, that nearly made humans extinct.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2160555/indonesias-lake-toba-supervolcano-threatens-global-volcanic-winter-eruption-caused-mass-extinction-75-000-years-ago/

So yes, there is evidence ... provided that the gravitational pull of a neutron star can make the Earth's crust more unstable in weak spots.

[Gerard]

Well 75,000 years ago we did have the big eruption on Sumatra, that nearly made humans extinct.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2160555/indonesias-lake-toba-supervolcano-threatens-global-volcanic-winter-eruption-caused-mass-extinction-75-000-years-ago/

So yes, there is evidence ... provided that the gravitational pull of a neutron star can make the Earth's crust more unstable in weak spots.

Not really sure that these two items are related.......

Gerard

[Baruch]

Timing coincidence between possible neutron star passage and major volcanic eruption?  70,000 vs 75,000 is pretty close.

[peacewithoutgod]

She's gone, she's not coming back.

70,000 years ago - isn't that when that big comet triggered the mass extinction event which killed off the dinosaurs, and gave rise to mammals? Goody for us and the pooches, and I'm really happy that I don't have to floss dinosaur teeth, but if it is coming back soon then we can expect all sorts of hell to break loose when it does.

[Hydra009]

Timing coincidence between possible neutron star passage and major volcanic eruption?  70,000 vs 75,000 is pretty close.

Well, if we're going to ballpark it, the moon landing and the end of the Cold War happened at virtually the same time, too.

[peacewithoutgod]

Well, if we're going to ballpark it, the moon landing and the end of the Cold War happened at virtually the same time, too.

There we have it, the Cold War ended with the rise of agriculture!

[SGOS]

When I first came to this forum, there was this guy that used to get pissed off when anyone would reactivate and old thread like this one.  He would get pricky and ask, "Why did you bump this thread?  It's 9 months old."

Oh my.  Someone bumped an old thread, and someone else might have responded.  "Come on now people, you know that's wrong.  It's just so wrong."

Mostly, I think he did it when he didn't approve of the response, not so much that some unspoken forum protocol had been ignored.  Anyway, people don't seem to fuss over that anymore, and that particular individual that did all the time eventually got banned, although it was for some other dick-headed thing he was doing.

Now, when someone reactivates and old thread, I still flinch, like I'm waiting for a heavy hammer of disapproval to come down on the thread.

But thanks for re-opening this.  I must have missed it before, and it is a most interesting bit of information.  It points out how much safer we are here on Earth than out in space, which is filled with danger.  You go out in space, and you could get clobbered with God knows what.  Stay out of the way of neutron stars and major asteroids and comets and stuff.  Don't go out in space.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Hall monitors demand you respect their authority!

[peacewithoutgod]

When I first came to this forum, there was this guy that used to get pissed off when anyone would reactivate and old thread like this one.  He would get pricky and ask, "Why did you bump this thread?  It's 9 months old."

Oh my.  Someone bumped an old thread, and someone else might have responded.  "Come on now people, you know that's wrong.  It's just so wrong."

Mostly, I think he did it when he didn't approve of the response, not so much that some unspoken forum protocol had been ignored.  Anyway, people don't seem to fuss over that anymore, and that particular individual that did all the time eventually got banned, although it was for some other dick-headed thing he was doing.

Now, when someone reactivates and old thread, I still flinch, like I'm waiting for a heavy hammer of disapproval to come down on the thread.

But thanks for re-opening this.  I must have missed it before, and it is a most interesting bit of information.  It points out how much safer we are here on Earth than out in space, which is filled with danger.  You go out in space, and you could get clobbered with God knows what.  Stay out of the way of neutron stars and major asteroids and comets and stuff.  Don't go out in space.

That dude sounds like at least two of the mods here, who aren't any different now. They know who they are, being the only mods who frequently troll these discussions as if they were regular members, only difference is that when they don't like your opinion they can and will ban you for any excuse they can cook up, and they will goad you toward that end - not very professional!

[Baruch]

70,000 years ago - isn't that when that big comet triggered the mass extinction event which killed off the dinosaurs, and gave rise to mammals? Goody for us and the pooches, and I'm really happy that I don't have to floss dinosaur teeth, but if it is coming back soon then we can expect all sorts of hell to break loose when it does.

Seriously?  Dinosaurs were 66 million years ago, not 70 thousand ;-(

[Hijiri Byakuren]

I remember my uncle talking about this a few months ago. He thinks it's Planet Nibiru.

[Gerard]

I remember my uncle talking about this a few months ago. He thinks it's Planet Nibiru.

That's really unfortunate.

Gerard