Countdown to the LAST DAYS ON EARTH.

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Have you ever thought of the end of the world? Or do you just care to much about yourself and other people. Since we are drawing near to all this legends and rumors that the end of the world is here like 2012 and Armageddon. People are smart enough to know that it cannot possibly happen, but can it? Not really 2012 when the Earth would collapse but from the skies above. Like the day we get hit by an asteroid or a nuclear war? I am going to follow you in the countdown to the seven sources that can destroy our world from the most unlikely, to the most immanent. And make it into the death planet that never was.

7. BLACK HOLES: The death of a star part 2/2

Last time when we left off, we were talking about the awesome power of the Gamma Ray Burst. Now, that ship has sailed and we movie on to the next part of the death of a star. Oh my gosh! What do you think it could be? No you say? You think the Gamma Ray Burst and that's it with the star huh? Well, guess what? I'm sorry to say this but you are wrong. There is one more chapter into the last seconds of the star and that is what we are going to be talking about today. You better hold on tight, because I am taking you to Alpha Centauri where a black hole is about to be born....

Black holes were first discovered as early as the 1780's when scientist John Michell wrote a letter to Henry Cavendish stating that John thought about the idea of a region in space that not even light could escape. Since then scientist have left the subject for over a 100 years. Finally in 1916, Albert Einstein developed his theory of general relativity. This explains that gravity does effect the motion of light. Since then hundreds of scientists have been working on formula's to give a better and more accurate measure to this matter. So what does all this mean? It means that in the 1970's scientists at N.A.S.A found a star about 22,000 miles away that just went supernova. They thought that was the end of it but then, after deep monitoring, they looked closer to the scene of the explosion and found these stars...that were circling around in high speeds and in high temperatures, more than a billion degrees. People had no idea what this was and were kind of shocked. That's when scientists looked back to Einsteins theory and found out that they have discovered a black hole.

As you know, the definition of a black hole is a region in space where nothing, not even light can escape. now you might think that is scary and unimaginable, but there is something out there which is sucking up all the stars around it. Something invisible and a master of stealth. Anyway, scientist knew that this was one dangerous object in space and the had to look for any of these around earth, but so far the closest black hole to us is Sagittarius A*. Sagittarius A* is going to be the highlight star of our story here and let's take a closer look at it. Sagittarius A*, scientists say is home to a super-massive black hole. What a super-massive black hole basically is, is a regular sized black hole times a billion solar masses. Yes I know, it is very large and the scariest thing is that it is right here in the middle of our very own Milky Way! But don't worry about that. A black hole has to be fairly close to us for it to suck us up. Anyway, what I just said is going ot be the least of your problems. Just recently, scientists have found out that black holes can actually, well, move.

I know that sounds a little bit crazy to you but I am 100% telling you the truth right now, scientist have proven that these little monsters can move. So imagine what it would be like if all of a sudden, Sagittarius A* begins to move? How would you feel? I would be peeing my pants by then. Just think of it, a black hole a billion times bigger than the sun, coming straight at us? Like I said, I would still be scared out of my mind. So what is the big problem? Did scientists figure out that Sagittarius is coming at a course for our solar system, well let me tell you the good news. The chances of Earth getting swallowed by a "wandering" black hole is quite a bit less than you getting eaten by a dinosaur next week. That is how low it is. Is it possible for one to suck us up? Yes. Is it possible for a black hole to suck us up in a billion years. Very low chances. Like I said, there is nothing to really worry about in our generation right now but maybe in future ones. Anyway the last part is going to explain to you if a black hole really came to our solar system.

There it comes. Oh no, it's coming! Everyone run! No. That is not the best idea to do. Actually you don't really have to do anything. The first thing the black hole has to do is to get us into its gravitational pull. Depending on what kind of black hole it is, their gravitational pull are all different compared to their sizes. Let's stick with a regular black hole. About a couple hundred solar masses. Now for the black hole to get us in, it just needs to be about a couple of million miles from the solar system. (meaning as far away like from Pluto) Then only 2 events would happen that scientists have estimated. Either Earth would be spinning out of orbit and maybe, just maybe get pushed out of our solar system or the other theory. Earth would be pushed in the opposite direction, to the sun and eventually get so close to it that it will melt. Either way, we will all get sucked up in the black hole. It would cause our home planet to be literally melted, ripped apart and then swallowed by a hungry black hole. In a contest against the black hole and the Earth. The black hole would win for sure. It is that simple. Just think of the black hole as Chuck Norris. He always wins, no matter what. I just want to make it clear that it will be a long time before earth sees its first black hole.

Now we are finally at the end of the death of a star. I hope you learned a lot from these 2 pieces and look at these events in a different way and not only in science fiction. So we have finally ended our 7th series 2 part matter and now we move on to number 6 on our Countdown to the Last Days on Earth. If you think you've seen the future think again. Someone has beaten you to it, something smarter and more intelligent than every human's brain combined together on the face of the Earth. If you think you can beat it, then only you can stop it...

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