Friday, August 13, 2010

[wwiosjgs] The most violent collision in the universe

Take the two weirdest things in* the universe, namely a neutron star and a cosmic ray, and smash them together at 99.999999999999999999999 percent of the speed of light.  (Not an original idea.)

This maximally awesome thought experiment actually has practical significance: LHC not causing the end of the world.

(*) Let's call black holes not "in" the universe, for they are on the other side of a half-untraversable event horizon.

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