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General Category => Astronomy & Science => Topic started by: electricpants on February 23, 2017, 09:23:13 PM

Title: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
Post by: electricpants on February 23, 2017, 09:23:13 PM

So I was watching a space documentary about gamma-ray bursts, and at one point they said that a massive star rotating very fast is part of the reason a gamma-ray burst is emitted.

So if a sun-like star spins fast enough, could it emit a gamma-ray burst?

Title: Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
Post by: Lord DC on February 24, 2017, 08:32:17 AM

no. the sun would rip itself apart.

Title: Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
Post by: electricpants on February 24, 2017, 12:53:18 PM

Quote from: Lord DC on February 24, 2017, 08:32:17 AM

rip itself apart.

If it would, then why hasn't Archenar or VFTS-102?

Title: Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
Post by: atomic7732 on February 24, 2017, 01:13:14 PM

no the sun would have to be massive enough to go supernova to produce a grb

Title: Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
Post by: Austritistanian on June 12, 2017, 12:10:45 AM

nope

Title: Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
Post by: Dody on June 29, 2017, 08:31:25 AM

Our Sun also produce gamma rays bursts, but not with the intensity of GBRs stars

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/nasa-solar-flares-radiation-gamma-rays-fermi-space-science/