JWST Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

zethus wrote: post #5

squigz wrote: post #2

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/...

Neat! Thanks for sharing! Space is crazy :)

Re: JWST Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

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Post by mensetmanusman » Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

It's kind of fun to think that at any moment something might pop and our entire solar system would disappear in a blink of an eye.

Re: JWST Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

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Post by cosmotic » Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

Links to the full res images (under Download Options): https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/149/01H...

Re: JWST Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

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Post by hinkley » Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

squigz wrote: post #2

Isn't that what every supernova does?

I thought, surely they mean a supernova obliterated a companion star, but you’re right. They’re talking about the exploding star.

Is this noteworthy because we’ve seen it, rather than that it exists? How many novae cores have we imaged before?

Re: JWST Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

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Post by lostapathy » Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 6:24 PM UTC

mensetmanusman wrote: post #7

It's kind of fun to think that at any moment something might pop and our entire solar system would disappear in a blink of an eye.

Our sun isn’t massive enough to ever go supernova.