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Mind went supernova
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Our sun isn’t massive enough to ever go supernova.
Supernova are powerful enough that even a star in a different solar system going nova can kill you, if it's a "nearby" system. But I believe there aren't any stars close enough that would go supernova any time soon.
Links to the full res images (under Download Options): https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/149/01H...
> Chandra’s study revealed the amounts of different elements produced by the explosion. The supernova has spat out 10,000 times the mass of the Earth in sulfur, 20,000 times Earth’s mass in silicon, 70,000 Earth masses of iron and a million Earth masses of oxygen. Mind went supernova
Isn't that what every supernova does?
Some stars survive supernovae, and are known as zombie stars [1]. One believed example is SN2012Z [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_star [2] https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3bbd/...
Wow it is absolutely fascinating and awe-inspiring. Anybody know what the blob (looks like wavy gold foil) in the bottom right of the picture is?
> There are also several light echoes visible in this image, most notably in the bottom right corner. This is where light from the star’s long-ago explosion has reached, and is warming distant dust, which is glowing as it cools down.