Six Ways the Earth Might Be Destroyed


	Six Ways the Earth Might Be Destroyed
chestnut501
10-10-2009 11:11 AM
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science, earth, black-holes, sun, gamma-ray-burst, galaxies, neo-impact, supernova
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10-10-2009 11:27 AM
shaor
Scary!
10-10-2009 12:07 PM
jerry1152
You forgot one. Man! With nuclear weapons.
10-10-2009 5:07 PM
kkcapricorn
I can think of a few more.
Great clip
10-11-2009 10:30 AM
Steve Savage
THE SUNSPOT ENIGMA: THE SUN IS "DEAD."
http://sskotb.blogspot.com/2008/09/is-sun-dead.html

NO EXITS by Steve Savage "King of the Beasts"
http://sskotb.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-exits-by-steve-savage-king-of-beasts.html
10-25-2009 6:14 AM
Kreuzberg-Jakob
Besides the comet and the gamma-burst are this events not dangerous for the earth.
But they forgot the most dangerous!
Sciences !
At first: gene-modifying
this will left over the planet, but nothing of its life.
2. nuclear technics
3. subatomar technics
4. "medical" research - resp. bacteriological or viral tests
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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/8218EB5C-B8F2-4ADD-99BF-B1615617BE22" alt="falling_into_a_black_hole" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><H3>Supernova</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/9CD43B36-21B7-406F-81C2-5D001D419F03" alt="cosmic_ray_supernova" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">A supernova is basically a stellar explosion </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/202AC73E-D1F2-46E5-BC74-84E400A1D2CB" alt="300px-2dkeplers-supernova-small" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">if the Earth would be on the direction of one, it wouldn’t be destroyed, but the whole atmosphere will be wiped out </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/E79396BF-2975-4B6A-8D71-D126F3C27639" alt="supernova-remnant1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">it’s estimated that one as big as 1/5 of it hits our planet every million of years or so. Well, I haven’t heard of such a big impact recently</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/68EAD609-E4D6-425E-B005-4DF9CC1F6598" alt="meteorite" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><H3>Cannibal galaxies</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">sometimes galaxies grow by devouring their own;</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/2D8539A3-FAAD-433A-BC79-B0DB0BAC101C" alt="andromeda" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><H3>Gamma Ray Burst</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/A9894C13-DDD6-4547-9AD3-00F6E85673B5" alt="swift-gamma-ray-lg1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">If our planet would be in the way of such a ray, the ozone would be depleted </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/1150FF61-36C9-464E-AAB5-E61052313264" alt="gamma-ray" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><H3>Sun’s death</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/59ACA7FC-05B9-4264-966E-41099B082194" alt="sunslife" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">Unless we someday find some way to reverse nuclear fusion, the sun will run out of fuel,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">probably </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/">Earth will already be extinct</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/the-8-coolest-ways-the-earth-might-be-destroyed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/123AFC5D-4797-4D4C-951E-83509D67DF70" alt="sun5" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4A092293-EB98-4C1E-8064-37CA6D0F5110/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>