/sci/ - Science & Math

Do you ever wonder what life would be life on Earth if we lived in a binary star system?

I'm particularly fond of an imaginary scenario where we replace the four outer planets with an M5 or M6 type red dwarf about the size of Proxima Centauri, and give the two stars an average seperation of around 20 AU (comparable to the width of Uranus' orbit).

I'd figure the Earth would still receive the overwhelming majority ( >99%) of its energy from the main sun. "Sol B" would be visible in the daytime sky as a bright star, and in the night sky it would cast a glow somewhat like an incandescent bulb; possibly bright enough to read by.

There would be primary and secondary seasons. The primary seasons will be the cycle we have already as dictated by the Earth's tilt, whereas the secondary seasons will be dictated by the Earth's position relative to the line between the two stars, which itself moves slowly as the stars take several decades to complete an orbit.

Red dwarfs are known for violent flare behavior that can be detrimental to organic life, but at 15 AU it would be too far from Earth to cause any harm.

Any math or CS postdocs here? Need your advice.

I was suggested an assistant prof. position in AI standardization. Do anyone here have any experience with standardization? Been google scholaring the topics and haven't found anything even remotely "mathematical". The perspective of ending this god damn PD fuckery is attractive as hell though.

>>10990712

wow, such a realistic point of view
he doesn't get fooled by silly sci-fi

It's fucking 2019 and we are arguably worse off in terms of space flight than we were in the 1970s.