Closest supernova in 25 years soon to be visible. Are they feeding us excuses? | |
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BoxerLvr User ID: 884837 Puerto Rico 08/29/2011 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Old news. Happened 21 million years ago! I'm waiting for Betelguese to go supernova. It's only 640 light-years away and should outshine the Moon at night and become visible in the day. It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. They thus become part of the armies of the night, the purveyors of nitwittery, the retailers of intellectual junk food, the feeders on mental cardboard, for their ignorance keeps them from distinguishing nectar from sewage. — Isaac Asimov |
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Reboot User ID: 1523086 United Kingdom 08/29/2011 03:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So what exactly will we see with a supernova? A second sun? or will the magnetic field be bombarded with particles? Anyone know? Quoting: WorldSpaceOrganization Well, it's 21 million light-years away... I very much doubt it'll have any effect on us at all. "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1528691 United States 08/30/2011 11:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.dailycal.org] "In the aftermath of the supernova’s initial explosion, it will continue to get brighter, according to Joshua Bloom, a collaborator with the project and an assistant professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley. He added that in a week or two, while the supernova will not be visible to the naked eye, it will be bright enough to be detected by individuals with a small telescope." No doom here. Move along. |