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General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on August 04, 2023, 08:17:43 AM

Title: Death of a star
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 04, 2023, 08:17:43 AM
Fascinating

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66397231
Title: Re: Death of a star
Post by: Sriram on August 05, 2023, 02:49:19 PM



When our tail is on fire we are spending billions of dollars to take pretty pictures of exploding stars 2600 light years away! Really?!

Nero is said to have been fiddling.....
Title: Re: Death of a star
Post by: bluehillside Retd. on August 05, 2023, 03:53:53 PM
Sriram,

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When our tail is on fire we are spending billions of dollars to take pretty pictures of exploding stars 2600 light years away! Really?!

Nero is said to have been fiddling.....

"anti-intellectual

adjective

smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values"

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/anti-intellectual#:~:text=synonyms%3A%20philistine%20nonintellectual,synonyms%3A%20lowbrow%2C%20philistine
Title: Re: Death of a star
Post by: Enki on August 05, 2023, 04:50:08 PM
I remember seeing the ring nebula through a 4 inch reflector many years ago. I found it awesome that I could see, albeit quite tiny, what I had previously seen in astronomical books.  It was one of the things which led me to eventually get my own astronomical telescope.
Title: Re: Death of a star
Post by: Sebastian Toe on August 05, 2023, 09:34:47 PM


When our tail is on fire we are spending billions of dollars to take pretty pictures of exploding stars 2600 light years away! Really?!

Nero is said to have been fiddling.....
Is India sending a fiddler to the moon?