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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves

February 11, 2016 at 11:34 pm

(February 11, 2016 at 11:26 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: 3 solar masses worth of gravitational energy sounds bad, but a light year away, it won't turn you inside out.

The prior supernova blasts of the progenitor stars would have reduced you 1,000,000 SPF sun block to a glowing fog of atoms.

I'm not thinking about the 3 solar masses worth of gravitational energy, I'm thinking about the radiatio. Power of 50x the light of the universe part. Tongue

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Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 3:13 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by brewer - February 9, 2016 at 3:50 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 6:03 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by robvalue - February 9, 2016 at 3:54 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 4:16 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Jackalope - February 9, 2016 at 6:53 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 7:02 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by MTL - February 10, 2016 at 6:41 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 4:40 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 5:02 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 5:05 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by vorlon13 - February 9, 2016 at 5:03 pm

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 6:02 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Jackalope - February 9, 2016 at 6:03 pm

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Minimalist - February 9, 2016 at 6:33 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by vorlon13 - February 9, 2016 at 8:25 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 9:44 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by vorlon13 - February 10, 2016 at 12:19 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 10, 2016 at 3:55 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Jackalope - February 10, 2016 at 4:30 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Thumpalumpacus - February 10, 2016 at 3:06 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by vorlon13 - February 10, 2016 at 5:03 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 10, 2016 at 7:11 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 11, 2016 at 10:47 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 11, 2016 at 11:29 am

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Excited Penguin - February 11, 2016 at 11:53 am

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