fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoJames Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Starwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135external-linkJames Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Starwww.smithsonianmag.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI skimmed the article and didn’t see any mention of it affecting a different star, so I’m assuming the latter. I feel like if it was a binary system that would have been mentioned fairly early in the article
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI wasn’t even thinking a binary system necessarily, just a star that happened to take the shockwave badly. But I suppose it would make more sense for that to happen the closer the nearby star is.
I skimmed the article and didn’t see any mention of it affecting a different star, so I’m assuming the latter.
I feel like if it was a binary system that would have been mentioned fairly early in the article
I wasn’t even thinking a binary system necessarily, just a star that happened to take the shockwave badly. But I suppose it would make more sense for that to happen the closer the nearby star is.