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ejolson t1_jed2z7x wrote

I thought cows were spherical and exuded milk evenly in all directions

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Gravelsack t1_jeegf3x wrote

>I thought cows were spherical

Actually, a cow is a torus

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rocketeerH t1_jeezx65 wrote

Wait is that a word outside of The Fifth Season?!

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awfullotofocelots t1_jefc74f wrote

It's the geometric/topological term for a donut or tube shape.

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rocketeerH t1_jefdbba wrote

Awesome! I’ve read the series twice and thought it was a made up word like Orogene. I imagined it as just a circle. This makes so much more sense, since the Orogenes generally did not freeze themselves to death. Assumed they were just immune to the power of their own torus

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Sybarit t1_jedloc1 wrote

>The shape of the blast, which is around the size of the solar system

Just a little explosion 1 quintillion miles in diameter.

EDIT TO ADD:
LOL, For whatever reason I was thinking galaxy when they said solar system. (In my defense I was a little overjoyed at some news that came out yesterday it apparently had me not thinking straight)

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sintos-compa t1_jeesdhb wrote

I feel like we should use another unit of measurement

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AbandontheKing t1_jeesywk wrote

Twice the size as half the solar system?

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sintos-compa t1_jeethzc wrote

I like the way you’re thinking. I was actually thinking half the size of twice the solar system.

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Lightfire228 t1_jeeyaqi wrote

Redefine Tau as half the radius of the Solar System

Make nobody happy

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Ultiman100 t1_jeeuir5 wrote

We don't. Not for this "small" of an astronomical size. The op you replied to is laughably off-base. At it's most "extreme" definition, the solar system could be said to be 12-24 trillion miles. This is if you consider the entirety of the theorized "Oort cloud" as part of the solar system - which the article does not specify.

If your definition of the "solar system" is maybe double the circumference of Pluto's orbit then we are talking only 20 billion miles. A literal quintillion miles is about 40% the size of the Milky Way GALAXY. That's like 140k light years

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ianindy t1_jefbmwd wrote

All of it Nobody has seen it. They don't have proof that it is really there.

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VeryFarDown t1_jefeaat wrote

Actually, the person you replied to is correct. The Oort Cloud is still a hypothesis. This is from Universe Today:

>For thousands of years, astronomers have watched comets travel close to Earth and light up the night sky. In time, these observations led to a number of paradoxes. For instance, where were these comets all coming from? And if their surface material vaporizes as they approach the Sun (thus forming their famous halos), they must formed farther away, where they would have existed there for most of their lifespans.
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>In time, these observations led to the theory that far beyond the Sun and planets, there exists a large cloud of icy material and rock where most of these comets come from. This existence of this cloud, which is known as the Oort Cloud (after its principal theoretical founder), remains unproven. But from the many short and long-period comets that are believed to have come from there, astronomers have learned a great deal about it structure and composition.

Voyager 1 will reach it in about 300 years, but unfortunately, it won't have the ability/power to report its findings back to us.

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ianindy t1_jefheoz wrote

Here is the description from Wikipedia:

>First described in 1950 by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, is a theoretical concept of a cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud

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rini17 t1_jefxsbg wrote

20 billion miles is about 32 terameters

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drthunderrmblz t1_jefcmts wrote

It’s ok just another universe being created nothing to see here

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Pharaeux t1_jed5t7a wrote

These are obviously Boba Fett’s Seismic Charges… cool ass sound effect to boot. Bwahhhhhhhhhhhh

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CoolHandCliff t1_jeepevh wrote

He was trying to nuke Yoda, give the guy a break and let him bomb in peace.

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Salty_Fixer t1_jeex1xo wrote

Another advanced technological civilization hits the wall and blows itself up.

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EnvironmentalYak9322 t1_jeeqmoe wrote

The blast was the size of a solar system kinda crazy to think this is evidence of some sort of intergalactic war taking place and we are wittnessing their "atom bomb" events but they are wiping out entire solar systems for some reason...

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darthsexium t1_jef2af4 wrote

must be a type 1 civilization who has colonized nearby planets

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UpbeatAd1191 t1_jee78f8 wrote

Flat explosion? It just sounds man made I'm hoping it's not more stupid humans in a galaxy far far away.

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Skinstretched t1_jeej6pr wrote

It's the degree of polarisation that interests me. I am not aware of any natural event that polarises em waves. Please someone correct me if I am wrong but to me that would be the biggest indicator of something that might be caused by an E.T. ??

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keeperkairos t1_jeevof2 wrote

Some of the CMB is polarised. The suns light is polarised by Earths atmosphere. It does happen.

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J0hn-D0 t1_jee7nla wrote

I’m nog smart enough for this but I like to philosophize about it. According to the conservation of energy law total energy of an isolated system remains constant. An example is when rotating on an office chair, speed changes when you stretch or pull your limbs together. So what happens to a rotating star when it decreases in size? Would it start spinning faster and could that cause this effect when exploding when it spins extremely fast?

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Jesse-359 t1_jeh0upe wrote

A star that collapses does in fact retain its angular momentum, so yes, neutron stars spin very fast (pulsars) and black holes are expected to spin at something very close to the speed of light, at least when they initially form - they should gradually dissipate some of that energy as gravity waves over time.

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Jesse-359 t1_jeh1lbc wrote

Gravity + angular momentum has the emergent behavior of collapsing distributed masses one dimension at a time:

Clouds(3D) -> Discs(2D) -> Rings(1D) -> Point Masses (planets, stars) (0D)

So flat disc phenomena are obviously very common naturally occurring things. Space is jammed wall to wall with discs and rings.

A flat explosion is certainly interesting, it's not too hard to posit some ways they might come about, but it'll be interesting to see what conclusion their data actually suggests.

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tangcameo t1_jeeclca wrote

If we were 90 degrees in a different direction would we just see a flat explosion or is it just our perspective of it.

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dire-dire-docks t1_jeczicr wrote

why is this sub full of click bait titles. Are there even mods?

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thawingSumTendies OP t1_jeczoyo wrote

I tried to be more detailed than the original post title without deviating too much.

What would your suggestion be for a better title?

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TheHappyMask93 t1_jedycix wrote

The article actually wasn't bad. But I do understand your sentiment. Websites like space.com should be banned from this sub, sometimes it really does feel like mods don't give a shit about quality content.

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Abrahamlinkenssphere t1_jeeteur wrote

Isn’t engagement important though? I feel like if it gets people to read and learn about supernovae who cares?

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SonFranks t1_jed7026 wrote

Did you read the article? Nothing click baity about it.

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keeperkairos t1_jeevxee wrote

Your comment is correct, but it doesn’t apply to this post.

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Hot_Egg5840 t1_jee6l6h wrote

What if the center were spinning and the released explosion was only allowed from a hole? This would make a single plane.

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ssauronn t1_jeemr6i wrote

We’d see a spiral formation then, which would be distinguishable from an explosion along a plane

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Hot_Egg5840 t1_jefyubo wrote

Unless the spin rate was so fast that the spiral would be indistinguishable at our distance.

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ssauronn t1_jegj2gz wrote

If that happened they’d just call it a disk of matter and move on - it’s noteworthy precisely because it is distinguishable from one another.

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_wawrzon_ t1_jeeg6gc wrote

For what it's worth we can't assume that some of these phenomena aren't tied to other intelligent species. Maybe there is a similarly prosperous civilization out there, more advanced than us and they just had "a blast" some time ago.

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BanDizNutz t1_jeeqd3f wrote

Yes it is puzzling why it's called "The Cow". Hopefully science can explain that.

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MagnaCamLaude t1_jef67ix wrote

Have you ever been driving down the road and then seeing a cow standing outside of the fence where all the other cows are? I think that is the emotion that they had when they saw the explosion was so flat. IDK I'm just spitballin here

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Nemo_Shadows t1_jef4g6l wrote

Energy under certain conditions is like water, it takes the avenue of LEAST Resistance.

Ever used a Shaped Charge to bring down something?

N. Shadows

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mmgoodly t1_jefr13u wrote

So all the cringe-y space explosions in all those shows and movies... life imitates art. sob

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Revolutionary_Fix30 t1_jed9ph3 wrote

I wonder if any country ever sent a nuke real far out into space and lit it up to see what happened. Not like we would know about it...

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Zondagsrijder t1_jee2wm1 wrote

It's been done

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Zahrad70 t1_jeesgly wrote

Welp. That was an hour better spent than it otherwise might have been. Thank you!

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MagnaCamLaude t1_jef6wg1 wrote

The thing that gets me is that it says it was the largest test in outer space, didn't even know there was more than one. Also for some reason the image that they show of the explosion makes me want to watch Dune.

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Intelligent_Angle636 t1_jef99mu wrote

Two explosions, both at the exact opposite sides simultaneously.

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