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pioneer0333

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Say a rogue blacok hole were to pass thru the solar system. Wo we have any hope of surviving that kind of catastrophe? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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qso1

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Depends on the mass of the black hole. If extremelly small black holes exist, we could survive. A few scientists have theorized that the Tunguska event was caused by a passing black hole. Personally, I'm not a big fan of that theory however, but thats just me.<br /><br />If the BH is of significant size, and I'm not sure how big that would be but we probably would not survive. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>
 
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agnau

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Isn't this the 3rd or 4th time this question has been asked (although in different forms) since January?
 
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nexium

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A recent black hole survay found fewer than expected, so the probability of a black hole passing though our solar system is reduced. As the others posted, A ten or more solar mass black hole that passed Earth closer than 100 million kilometers, would, all but surely, kill everyone on Earth. If the black hole did not come closer than Pluto, some Earthlings would likely survive. Neil
 
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Boris_Badenov

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The chances of this happening without a couple of million years notice is absolutly zero. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>
 
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maxkitty

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the black hole thing would suck!!!, but i would like to think we'd have ampel (spl???) warning.<br /><br />as to life on another planet; i highly doubt we'd ever come across any or if we did it'll never be as intelligent as us (mabye bacteria, etc.). the was i see it, unless a more intelligent species comes to us we'll never make it to the right planet or galaxy for that matter befor something either happens to us or them (like them getting wiped out by a black hole <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> ). plus, how many billions of years did it take us to get this far up the evolutionary chain? so if life takes that long to develope what are the chances of it happening at the same time as us?
 
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Boris_Badenov

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Try the Drake Equation & answer your own question.<br />http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>
 
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