Saint in Paradise Posted 10 June, 2009 Share Posted 10 June, 2009 :( http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5643764/earth-venus-collide/ But not in our lifetime :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 10 June, 2009 Share Posted 10 June, 2009 I've cancelled the milk. and put the cat out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 10 June, 2009 Share Posted 10 June, 2009 :( http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5643764/earth-venus-collide/ But not in our lifetime :D Speak for yourself Interesting article, amazing how they can predict things like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 10 June, 2009 Share Posted 10 June, 2009 I guess the error margins in these nevertheless incredibly intricate simulations are still fairly wide, but sure - it's basically certain that something will hit earth at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Speak for yourself Interesting article, amazing how they can predict things like this. Kepler's laws of planetary motion, I believe. Bit of a hero for me, was ol' Johannes, when I first read his laws in school. Of course, my school wouldn't have taught us of the history of them, as that would have made the subject interesting. So that was a bit of side reading by me. Just like Marvin, he had a brain the size of a planet. Which is rather appropriate. Billion years into the future, so they say. I'd be more worried about the Sun by then. If I'd be worried at all. Anybody noticed it's fizzing out..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 11 June, 2009 Author Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Actually some scientists are concerned that in a couple of years or so there will be a major solar flare from the Sun. This has happened twice in the last 150 years or so without causing much damage. However these days with the reliance on electrical systems it could be very very serious as it could wipe out the power lines and transformers and also stuff up the on board computers in cars and aircraft etc. I don't like the idea of going back to live like people did in the mid 1800s. http://www.unknowncountry.com/dreamland/?id=447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Actually some scientists are concerned that in a couple of years or so there will be a major solar flare from the Sun. This has happened twice in the last 150 years or so without causing much damage. However these days with the reliance on electrical systems it could be very very serious as it could wipe out the power lines and transformers and also stuff up the on board computers in cars and aircraft etc. I don't like the idea of going back to live like people did in the mid 1800s. http://www.unknowncountry.com/dreamland/?id=447 Solar flares to start 2012. Got a different link for the other one, yahoo blocked at work. Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 I don't like the idea of going back to live like people did in the mid 1800s. Wasn't that the point of moving to New Zealand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 3 billion years? Can you imagine the technological advancements by then? We will probably have ways of steering Venus on another course, or we will have already destroyed earth ourselves anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 3 billion years? Can you imagine the technological advancements by then? We will probably have ways of steering Venus on another course, or we will have already destroyed earth ourselves anyway Natural global warming and cooling will have made life extinct by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Natural global warming and cooling will have made life extinct by then. Nah. There will be life, but it wont be human life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 11 June, 2009 Author Share Posted 11 June, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8093005.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Kepler's laws of planetary motion, I believe. Bit of a hero for me, was ol' Johannes, when I first read his laws in school. Of course, my school wouldn't have taught us of the history of them, as that would have made the subject interesting. So that was a bit of side reading by me. Just like Marvin, he had a brain the size of a planet. Which is rather appropriate. Billion years into the future, so they say. I'd be more worried about the Sun by then. If I'd be worried at all. Anybody noticed it's fizzing out..? Can't say as I noticed it fizzing out in Corfu last month after I got burnt to a crisp over two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8093005.stm A well that's alright, i'm immortal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Planetary collisions hmmm? I've been reading about the ancient sumerian texts recently and according to the translation, they claimed (in 3000BC) that the Earth was created when Nibiru (the mythical 12th planet with a vast eliptical 3,600 year orbit) collided with a planet called Tiamat that used to exist between Mars and Jupiter. According to their inscriptions, Tiamat was split into two, with one half eventually forming the earth and the other half disintegrated and formed the asteroid belt which now sits neatly between Mars and Jupiter. Now this may sound extremely far-fetched, but there is plenty of astronomical evidence which actually supports this claim. And to dismiss it completely would be foolish because it is clear that the ancient Sumerians had a knowledge of the solar system way in advance of what would we in modern times would expect, and even our own modern science would appear to only just be catching up with them. It's well worth reading about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Did they have the internet though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durleyfos Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Natural global warming and cooling will have made life extinct by then. Nah. There will be life, but it wont be human life. Teh BNP will survive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Bloody Venutians, coming here and taking all our jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Bloody Venutians, coming here and taking all our jobs. Yep Being nearer the Sun, they're probably black too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Teh BNP will survive? Along with other insects and rodents such as c o c k roaches, rats etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 11 June, 2009 Share Posted 11 June, 2009 Ask Dog to post the Mars thing that happens soon, very interesting, get your telescopes out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 12 June, 2009 Share Posted 12 June, 2009 Will this be worse than the millenium bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 12 June, 2009 Share Posted 12 June, 2009 Wasn't that the point of moving to New Zealand? No mate, get your dates right. Living in parts of NZ is like going back to the 1950's. I'm not joking either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 12 June, 2009 Share Posted 12 June, 2009 Can't say as I noticed it fizzing out in Corfu last month after I got burnt to a crisp over two weeks Well OK, I exaggerated wildly. There is good evidence though that the Sun has recently started going through a cooling phase, which might last until tomorrow or for another 50-100 years. Nobody really knows why and for how long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 12 June, 2009 Share Posted 12 June, 2009 It also said that Mars might crash into Venus and I was quite surprised that it reckoned us Earthlings would be fine! Just a big spark in the sky to watch and no fall out for us! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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