monkeyseemonkeydo Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 But there's a guy in Australia who spots several a year doesn't he? Nothing that special I thought. Boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 ahh a nice british voice, supernova gives birth to life, like the reason for all heavy elements like carbon, iron, everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted May 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 The death of a star, It has to be a very large star, but its basically a massive explosion I think. But smaller stars wont do it, they just turn into black (or red, or white) dwarves cant remember which. Physics was so long ago.It's the kind of star which can collapse into a black hole, creates very heavy elements.Will tell us a great deal about the life of stars and the creation of black holes.I'm a little dissapointed.But I guess it's a fair way from the pretty pictures they have of NASA photo of the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 LOL at the question being asked!!This guys a joker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Prank call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Moon Crickets LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) moon cricket: "Derived from early slave times when black people would come out at night and sing slave songs under the moonlight like crickets.Hey! Billy Bob and Joline, grab the shotguns the damn moon crickets are escaping from the plantation"And did that bloke just say I want to talk about vigina? Edited May 14, 2008 by Boswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) The death of a star, It has to be a very large star, but its basically a massive explosion I think. But smaller stars wont do it, they just turn into black (or red, or white) dwarves cant remember which. Physics was so long ago.White dwarfs. You also get brown dwarfs but they arent part of the death of a star:)Supernova are exploding stars, very important as current theory suggests this is how all the elements came into being.Basically as a star lives it is combining small elements together (hydrogen amoungst other things) until a point in the life where all the hydrogen is gone, it will then start to fuse carbon and oxygen etc. Then if the star is I think 10 times the size of our sun then it will explode into a supernova. The explosion scatters all the heavy elements around and the shockwaves trigger the birth of new starsI only recently did an essay on the sun so this was a fun little revisionEDIT: Forgot to ask, what did they say about this supernova then? Edited May 15, 2008 by Has anyone seen my shoe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr kenny Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) whats a super nova?not this!!!sorry had to be done!kenny Edited May 15, 2008 by mr kenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 vauxhall novas=fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 well an analogy he used wasthis is the rock falling in a pond, all other supernovae seen are remnants and are the ripples after the splash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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