Trans-galactic streamers feeding most luminous galaxy in the universe

Re:Trans-galactic streamers feeding most luminous galaxy in ... by PhasmaFelis on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:47AM (#18475718)

Now, if you want to know what it would look like if the Sun suddenly became 350 trillion times more luminous, I think would probably look like your entire body melting/evaporating in seconds.

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Re:Trans-galactic streamers feeding most luminous galaxy in ... by mikeash on Saturday November 17, 2018 @10:17AM (#18475825)

I think it would be faster than that. Normal luminosity is roughly one kilowatt per square meter. This would be roughly 3.5e17 W/m^s. The largest nuclear bomb ever detonated was around 2e16 joules, so it would be like getting a Tsar Bomba to the face ten times a second.

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