[Science] Headline of the Day
From the BBC – “Thieving dwarves cause supernovae”. Tolkien was unavailable for comment..
The BBC link to a preprint of the study as well as the monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
More on Type 1A Supernovae here. And here. And here.
And a 3D simulation of a type 1A supernova
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Looks like a thermal image of God farting to me.
On a more serious note, is this like an explanation into how reincarnation happens?
’2600 relatively nearby white dwarf/companion star pairs.’
These Chinese researchers need to be more precise in their calculations . What’s with this relatively ‘nearby’ business . It would be reassuring to know that the nearest ‘relatively’ nearby is say 100 million light years away ? No ?
Greenie
“It would be reassuring to know that the nearest ‘relatively’ nearby is say 100 million light years away ? No ?”
Assuming we avoid a gamma ray burst..
Pete ,
Thanks for the gamma ray reminder . Somehow I fear it less than the next gathering of G-20 Finance Ministers . When you hear Noam Chomsky refer to Hitler as an honest demagogue and relatively uncorruptible in comparison to today’s politicians, one I suppose should look forward to a gamma ray burst or preferably two