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Earth destroyed in cosmic catastrophe?

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here is a link to an article where it says we should rest easy,
catastrophies only have once per billion years. In that case we are
living on borrowed time since the earth is 4 billion and change.
here is the link:
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8433

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Well I lost on the roulette wheel the last 39 times that means I have to win this time.

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Well I lost on the roulette wheel the last 39 times that means I have to win this time.
See, I knew it! Hold your hands over your head, the BAROMETER IS
FALLING, THE BAROMETER IS FALLING...

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Originally posted by sonhouse
here is a link to an article where it says we should rest easy,
catastrophies only have once per billion years. In that case we are
living on borrowed time since the earth is 4 billion and change.
here is the link:
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8433
I think it's far more important to guys if they lose their girlfriend... 😳

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Originally posted by sonhouse
here is a link to an article where it says we should rest easy,
catastrophies only have once per billion years. In that case we are
living on borrowed time since the earth is 4 billion and change.
here is the link:
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8433
Here's a few more ways to destroy the Earth ...


http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/misc/destroy.html

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Originally posted by KneverKnight
Here's a few more ways to destroy the Earth ...


http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/misc/destroy.html
I want to try them all!

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Well I lost on the roulette wheel the last 39 times that means I have to win this time.
It says once in a billion. 😛

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There are "cosmic catastrophe" there have been, for example the dinosaurs extinction, the forming of the moon when a massive meteorite hit the earth billions of years ago that would of destroyed everything like a reset button where everything changed. Extinctions are a common occurrence you make it sound like nothing has ever died when over 99.9% of species that have ever existed are now extinct.

Also reading the artical again it says "at most one habitable planet is wiped out every 1.1 billion years" how many habitable planets do you think there are?

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If it happens sonhouse, I promise you'll be the first person I tell.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
here is a link to an article where it says we should rest easy,
catastrophies only have once per billion years. In that case we are
living on borrowed time since the earth is 4 billion and change.
here is the link:
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8433
I just hope I'm there when it happens.

I'll be sat on my rocking chair, bottle of cheap tequila in my grubby little paws, shouting: "DIE YOU SCUM...DIEEEEEEEEE".

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Originally posted by Will Everitt
There are "cosmic catastrophe" there have been, for example the dinosaurs extinction, the forming of the moon when a massive meteorite hit the earth billions of years ago that would of destroyed everything like a reset button where everything changed. Extinctions are a common occurrence you make it sound like nothing has ever died when over 99.9% of s ...[text shortened]... planet is wiped out every 1.1 billion years" how many habitable planets do you think there are?
That depends on what volume of space they are talking about.
Does that comment mean 'one habitable planet in our solar system'
or 'one habitable planet in the universe'.
If its one in the universe then your implication is correct, we would
therefore have one in maybe a trillion chance of getting cracked in
pieces in a billion years. Not sure which volume they are talking about.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
I just hope I'm there when it happens.

I'll be sat on my rocking chair, bottle of cheap tequila in my grubby little paws, shouting: "DIE YOU SCUM...DIEEEEEEEEE".
I guess, for a Christian point of view, God might be saying the same thing. Without the tequila.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
[b]That depends on what volume of space they are talking about.
Does that comment mean 'one habitable planet in our solar system'
or 'one habitable planet in the universe'.
It must be in the universe i can see no other way to interperate it.

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In the sci-fi novel "The Forge of God" by Greg Bear (1987), the Earth is annihilated by aliens in a very interesting and unique way. It's a good read, and I won't spoil the details for those of you who might be interested in finding a copy and reading it. If you do, don't forget the sequel "Anvil of Stars" (1992). Although I just started on the sequel, it already seems not quite as good as the first.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
In the sci-fi novel "The Forge of God" by Greg Bear (1987), the Earth is annihilated by aliens in a very interesting and unique way. It's a good read, and I won't spoil the details for those of you who might be interested in finding a copy and reading it.
I can't get hold of it. Tell me how it ends.

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