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008Zulu t1_jdsrsh5 wrote

Reply to comment by lawless_c in Scientists discover supermassive black hole that now faces Earth by Bcap2219

Won't have to worry for about half a billion years anyway.

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ramdasani t1_jdtnwpo wrote

Maybe we're in the path of a wormhole, and the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council will give us notice of the intergalactic highway construction project when the Vogon Constructor fleet arrives for our demolition.

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makmeyours t1_jdu2gf9 wrote

Don't act surprised, the plans have been on display for all to read for years.

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gojiro0 t1_jdugcyb wrote

fr fr, on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.”

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j0b534rch t1_jdtzrwr wrote

As long as we are relocated to another class M planet I'll be happy. 🤣

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MaybeImDead t1_jdufglj wrote

That depends, sometimes the right wing of those planets don't want immigrants, cuz we going to take their jerbs.

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ELB2001 t1_jdurevg wrote

But their leaders are already on the spaceship

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random_numbers_yeah t1_jeco3k3 wrote

I doubt it, knowing the GHPC they'll either go along with the plans just to spite the neighbors or they'll completely forget about the project. Part of me feels bad for the poor saps :(

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RandomActOfMindless t1_jdswt3x wrote

Well X-rays travel at the speed of light so if we can see it pointing at us that means the x-rays would be reaching us now if they haven't diminished.

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Burninator05 t1_jdszrsn wrote

Except that it could be a year away and we wouldn't know it until it got here.

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008Zulu t1_jdt012q wrote

We can detect bursts of radiation from stellar objects, sometimes with millions of years advance.

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knotacylon t1_jdt6o20 wrote

No, we detect the remnants of these bursts that happened millions of years ago that are just now reaching us

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Illithid_Substances t1_jdtxm83 wrote

What do you mean "millions of years advance"? We usually see things millions of years after they happen, and never before

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008Zulu t1_jdu6ftu wrote

Meant to say away, no idea why I typed advance.

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InGenAche t1_jduh3pq wrote

Must set an alarm to get the washing in, just in case. How many minutes is that?

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