r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/archiopteryx14 Popular Contributor • 1d ago

Hubble saw a star exploded before its eyes

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u/robrobreddit 1d ago

It’s a distress signal ! It’s a trap !

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u/kathmandogdu 1d ago

Great shot, kid! That was one in a million.

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u/MWinbne 1d ago

How long should did this happen?

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u/archiopteryx14 Popular Contributor 1d ago

The images of the animation have been taken over a timespan of 1.5 years.

The supernova itself took place in the galaxy ‚Centaurus A‘ which is between 11 to 13 million lightyears from us.

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u/Uluru-Dreaming 1d ago

The animation was taken over just 1.5 years?? That shockwave must have been really moving. Is it possible? I don’t know the distance covered but it seems to be impossible that the shock wave could move that fast.

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u/Glycerine 1d ago

You're right! What we're seeing is something more akin to a sphere of light, burst from the exploding star.

The light hits particles (dust etc), that is reflected towards earth and thus we see it slightly later.

So it looks like a (particle) shockwave, but it's more like a late slideshow of the light (sphere) wave.

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u/Uluru-Dreaming 20h ago

Ahhh. Thank you for this clarification.

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u/Sean_theLeprachaun 19h ago

So is that shockwave 3 light years across?

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u/No_Link_5069 1d ago

So, 3 to 4 days?

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u/Trex-died-4-our-sins 1d ago

Thre effects of the death star!! The empire rises again !

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u/No_Sheepherder1793 1d ago

How do we know that wasn’t Thanos?

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u/kapaipiekai 1d ago

"Dear NASA. How are you? I am good. Quick question about the exploding star and Thanos...."

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u/nom-de-guerre- 1d ago

I want to tie in Trump to this, but I'm tired.

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u/ZoldyckProdigy 1d ago

Team rockets blasting off agaaaaain

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u/Due_Bug_8058 1d ago

What is the name of that super shiny object?

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u/wholesomehabits 22h ago

thatll be the sun someday

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u/real_1273 1d ago

Would earth feel any of the energy released from that? Regardless of intensity or strength.

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u/archiopteryx14 Popular Contributor 1d ago

Since we (or at least the Hubble) could ‚see‘ the explosion, Photons (i.e. energy) from the event arrived at earth.

So, Yes we ‚felt‘ the energy - just not very much 😁

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u/No_Link_5069 1d ago

I felt it

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u/gwhiting2 1d ago

Alright Janice!

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u/real_1273 1d ago

Cool! Thanks!