Cosmic Allignment

The cosmic alignment is going to happen on December 21 2012. There has been speculation that because of a finding in 2005 we would be killed do to the alignment.

The finding was at New York University. They fond the ‘Highest Energy Photons Ever Detected From Milky Way’s Equator.’ They continue to say that the amount of energy is 3.5 trillion electron volts (eV) in the form of gamma radiation.

If you’re the type of person that likes to worry then you can make the connection that it only takes about 10 eV of gamma radiation to start messing up DNA.

However this again is a case where a scientist says something meant for science and people don’t really know what he said.

The source of the radiation is 3.5 trillion eV. The amount that affects us is based on the inverse squared law. The equation is:

Where I is the intense, P is the power at the source, and r is the distance from the source. We are about 26000 light years form the center of the galaxy. That’s about 2.46x10^23 meters. So when you do the math you get I=4.6x10^-33. This amount cannot event get through the magneto sphere of the earth. And if it did it would not penetrate your skin. Also cosmic alignment has no effect on this. We are about the same distance before the alignment and after.