Quaasar

[CedrikG]

Hey!
I was wondering ... what do you guys think would happen if a quaasar or Gamma Ray Burst was hitting our sun ?
My guess is nothing at all, but maybe there are some things I am not considering ... like the strenght of the wind produced by the quasar or GRB

[xtreemchaos]

say goodbye.

[CedrikG]

I dont know man .... the particle shot by the quasar would not interact with the sun in my opinion, and I wonder if the wind would be strong enough to mess with the very compact gaz ...

[ronin]

We would be dead.

If I recall they think that one of the mass extinctions was caused by a GRB, think 98% of everything went.

[CedrikG]

I remember one of these theory, and if I recall correctly it was because the GRB has hit the earth, but in my question its really if the GRB or quasar ONLY hit the sun, avoiding the earth. What kind of reaction would it create on the sun.

Cuz I agree, if it hit the earth the atmosphere would never resist to such a force, and then life would mostly be gone.