[Kamikaze]

Hehe, read this and weep/laugh/cackle/whatever

Has some diety up there finally decided to be sane and do this? Or is it complete bull****... (*cough*)

shamelessly taken from Eishtmo and here

Shamelessly Quoted from Another Source of Complete Bull****

The Sun Will Explode In Less Than Six Years!
Wednesday September 18, 2002

By GEORGE SANFORD

The Sun is overheating and will soon blow up . . . taking Earth and the rest of the solar system with it, scientists warn.

The alert was issued after an international satellite photographed a massive explosion on the surface of the Sun that sent a plume of fire 30 times longer than the diameter of Earth blasting into space.

"It's a sign that the Sun is ready to blow . . . I don't know if I can put it any more plainly than that," says Dutch astrophysicist Dr. Piers Van der Meer, a top expert affiliated with the European Space Agency.

"It will be like a nuclear bomb trillions of times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima going off at the center of our solar system.

"When that happens Earth will be instantly incinerated along with all life on it. It's like when a marshmallow falls into a fire, blackens and melts."

Scientists say the problem is the Sun is literally getting too hot.

The core temperature of the Sun is normally 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. But in recent years it's climbed to an alarming 49 million degrees, says Dr. Van der Meer, leader of a team of Amsterdam-based space scientists who've been tracking the changes in the Sun.

"It's quite similar to when a star goes supernova at the end of its life," Dr. Van der Meer explains. "Over the past 11 years, we've seen our Sun go through changes frighteningly like those that took place in Kepler's Star right before it was observed going supernova in 1604."

Temperatures on the surface of the Sun have been steadily climbing over the past decade, the scientists say.

"This, we believe, not man-made pollution, is responsible for global warming and the alarming effects that we've seen take place on Earth such as the melt-down of the Antarctic ice shelves," asserted Dr. Van der Meer.

The July 1 images were taken by the space-based Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a satellite designed to study the internal structure of the Sun and operated jointly by NASA and the European Space Agency.

"The explosion . . . known technically as an eruptive prominence . . . was colossal," said Dr. Van der Meer. "This is the final warning sign we've all been dreading."

The Dutch scientists calculate that if temperatures keep climbing at the current rate the Sun will be unable to sustain itself.

"It will blow apart like an out-of-control nuclear reactor within six years," predicts Dr. Van der Meer.

NASA refuses to confirm the Euro-pean scientists' assertions and a White House source said, "We don't need anyone spreading more panic now."

[Bobboau]

those damn terrorists:mad:

[Galemp]

Where did you find this? The Weekly World News?
They're called solar flares, and they're perfectly natural.

[vadar_1]

Instantly incinerated? it will take at least 9 minutes to kill us.

[Knight Templar]

yeah.. i doubt it would blow in 6 years.. besides, the people on the Day time side of the planet would be incinerated first, them momentarily after that, the night side

[CP5670]

astrophysicist Dr. Piers Van der Meer, a top expert

I'm not sure about the last part there...

Besides, if this were true there is little we could do anyway but wait for the blow to fall...

Although you know, if someone wanted to set the world into total pandemonium, this would be the perfect way to go about it...

[mikhael]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor

Where did you find this? The Weekly World News?
They're called solar flares, and they're perfectly natural.

Actually, that's the byline at the top on the Yahoo link.

[vyper]

*goes to live in Alpha Centauri*

[Razor]

Sun will blow up?

Oh please scare me. Shall I start panicing?

[Razor]

OK back to serious talk now. Do you guys think this could happen? I mean our sun is quite "young" compared to other suns in our galaxy and well i dont belive that it will collaps in 6 years time. And GE is right. Those escalating heat signatures on the surface are actually solar flares so there is nothing to be affraid of, unless some advance rase is hiding somewhere near the sun causing subspace....ah forget it. That guy should deffenetly eat more vegetables.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Razor
OK back to serious talk now. Do you guys think this could happen? I mean our sun is quite "young" compared to other suns in our galaxy and well i dont belive that it will collaps in 6 years time. And GE is right. Those escalating heat signatures on the surface are actually solar flares so there is nothing to be affraid of, unless some advance rase is hiding somewhere near the sun causing subspace....ah forget it. That guy should deffenetly eat more vegetables.

Well, I would like a definitive answer, so that if we are fuked, I can become a hedonistic, sex-crazed maniac for the next 6 years.
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I'm that anyway actually.

[Razor]

No doubt. No wonder you are scaring away people from "The hotest woman on the planet" thread.

[Redfang]

Eh?
 
 
Err... mmkay, crack is bad...
 

 
(we'll see, I doubt)

[CP5670]

well that's good; if everyone is scared away from there, less people will post there, and it will die.

[Tiara]

Yeah, I inspired that scientist . He lives next door!

j/k...

[Stryke 9]

Actually, a solar flare COULD theoretically be bad enough. A A heavy solar storm couldn't depopulate the Earth, but it'd make things a bit unpleasant for a while, and probably sterilize everyone on the side of the planet where the radiation wave hit.

But enough reality. I wonder what it would take to build a device capable of blowing up the Sun... think of all the money you could extort from the UN!:D

[Razor]

Originally posted by CP5670
well that's good; if everyone is scared away from there, less people will post there, and it will die.

Well we use the [SIZE=9]BUMP[/SIZE] to keep the thread alive so, it can't die. Sorry to disapoint ya math geek. Wake up kid, look arround let go of math and enter the chickvill (sp?)

[RandomTiger]

Sounds like a load of crap to me.
But if it is true it will solve all our problems.

[CP5670]

Well we use the [SIZE=9]BUMP to keep the thread alive so, it can't die. Sorry to disapoint ya math geek. Wake up kid, look arround let go of math and enter the chickvill (sp?) [/size]

bah, Thunder said he would close it if you just keep bumping it for no reason, so that would be a good thing anyway.

[Razor]

Originally posted by CP5670


bah, Thunder said he would close it if you just keep bumping it for no reason, so that would be a good thing anyway.

Oh yeah. I don't think he would close it. For you see there are many other people that are enjoying that thread. So what, close it. We will start another thread. We win anyway!
And I am not BUMPING it for no reason. I am trying to keep the thread active.