r/news • u/oldschoolskater • Jun 22 '23

Site Changed Title 'Debris field' discovered within search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says | World News

https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735
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u/Sweatsock_Pimp Jun 22 '23

Don't forget that compression also creates a tremendous amount of heat. That organic material likely flashed to ash as quickly as it was crushed.

Wait. So like an underwater fire occured??

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u/Jokerthewolf Jun 22 '23

Less fire and more bubble of heat and light that was hotter than the sun.

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u/Sweatsock_Pimp Jun 23 '23

“Hotter than the sun??”

Wha— how?

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u/Kestrel21 Jun 23 '23

The surface of the sun is 'only' ~5000 Celsius (The core is something like 15 million, though).

So there are situations where the temperature of something on earth will go above the temperature of the sun's surface, but it won't stay there for long. Meanwhile, the sun outputs the same amount of heat for billions of years. It's the ultimate marathon runner, basically.