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kalkulat@lemmy.world to Astronomy@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

How close can you be to a supernova? before things get ugly

www.scientificamerican.com

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How close can you be to a supernova? before things get ugly

www.scientificamerican.com

kalkulat@lemmy.world to Astronomy@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Don’t Panic—At Least, Not about a Nearby Supernova
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An exploding star is a catastrophe on a cosmic scale, but here on Earth we’re safe from such astral disasters—for now
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    The article says

    a supernova would have to be less than about 160 light-years from Earth to inflict this sort of damage.

    and links to this source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.11622

    They should’ve led with that, but you know writers 🙄😄

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      The closest star that could go supernova is IK Pegasi at around 150 light-years away, but it’s actually moving away from us which is pretty intersting cosmic insurance policy.

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