a Bright light in the sky

[frozen]

well, i was thinking something along the lines of either the red giant getting brighter and brighter (like supernovae do. their brightness increases from 100 to 10000 when they are about to go boom apparently)

also, if you havent seen the black hole in omicron 85 jinx, try it once. it looks nice, plus, if you go too near it, you WILL go boom, even if you are in the biggest ship you can get ye hands on. as you go closer, there isnt noticeable damage, but suddenly radiation damage hits you, and before you can do anything, ure dead. not only does it look good for cosmetic purposes, it also doest do damage.

according to the article i was reading today, there is a star (close to our solar system) which apparently has been growing brighter (signs of a supernova in its earliest stage).

however, according to the scientists, they say that even if the star is near earth, it isnt that close enought to cause any potential, destructive harm (apparently, it needs to be about 30 mill light away or summat to have an adverse effect on eartch, and currently its about 100 mill light years away) [also, im not sure if its just 30 light years, or 30 mill. ill re-read the article on my way back home, and edit this post if i made a mistake]. the only effect it WILL have if it were to become a supernova is cause 6 months of insomnia for people in the southern hemisphere, cuz it will produce enough light to read in (according to article)

so, no. a supernova will not necessarily wipe out life. plus, the star in delta (the one in the corner) is actually quite far away, not in the normal patrol paths or anything. it is however a bit close to the omicron lost jumphole, so, if there is any potential problem, i think it would be this. but, there again, omicron lost is hardly ever used, so i dont see why anyone would want to go there as it is. the wreck near it dont hold anything useful either as it is, so i dont see a major loss, but there again, i guess its upto igiss to decide if
1. it can be done,
2. it will be included or not,
3. if lost would be affected.




EDIT: i was thinking, when i get home, ill put the whole article up, so that everyone can see what i was actualy talking about. makes it easier, so ill post it when i get home. stoopid Metro >.<

plus, heres some info about supernovae.
http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/N.../supernovae.htm

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