Like, obviously they would die immediately. But I’m wondering, would they be ripped to subatomic shreds? Would they somehow manage to set off a small nuclear explosion? Would they just get cooked as they’re propelled into the void?
Like, obviously they would die immediately. But I’m wondering, would they be ripped to subatomic shreds? Would they somehow manage to set off a small nuclear explosion? Would they just get cooked as they’re propelled into the void?
I mean, technically you’re in one right now. Some of them just randomly point in our direction. But I’m sure you mean up close.
It’s particles going a significant fraction of the speed of light, but you may well have a few of those going through you as we speak. I don’t know how much is known about how wide they are exactly, or how dense, but it’s possible you’d die slowly from radiation poisoning rather than of anything more dramatic.
Some things look a lot more impressive from far away, like nebulae, which are almost perfect vacuums that are just a bit less perfect than their surroundings.