Reply to post: Not a "Fwoop"

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a pair of black holes coalesced resulting in largest gravitational wave we've seen

Conundrum1885

Not a "Fwoop"

More like a FwoKABOOOMp

The energy involved is enough to literally warp the mind as well as the fabric of spacetime.

If you thought Tsar Bomba was big, think again.

On the flip side, if we were within maybe a few hundred light years the resulting mayhem would not be a major concern as

everything biological on this planet would be converted into chunky salsa, though the fabric of the planet might survive the extinction

would likely be worse than the Ordovician.

Gamma ray burst would actually do less damage as it would merely obliterate everything on the side of the planet facing it, assuming

that deep sea life survived the resultant firestorm then in a few hundred million years life would re-emerge onto land.

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