Re:How We Knew Space Was a Vacuum
by sebzim4500 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @04:01PM
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By my inexpert calculations, if we ignore the requirment for oxygen (because I don't know what ratio you need) the sun would only last 4000 years.
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Re:How We Knew Space Was a Vacuum
by seiferteric on Sunday March 12, 2023 @04:26PM
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Actually ya your right, searching for it, they thought it would only last about 5k years. Actually they also thought it might be meteors falling in may add more energy that might allow to last 100s of millions of years... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-doubt-the...