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Scientists Accurately Predict Supernova

Posted by michael on from the don't-look-now dept.

sckienle writes "Space.com has an article about a group of scientists who accurately predicted when the light of a supernova would reach Earth. (Ok, so they were only days ahead of the burst.) But this goes a fair way to confirming their model of supernovae."

5 of 17 comments (clear)

  1. This image text kicks ass by fredrikj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do gamma ray bursts cause mass extinctions? Without question, the answer is probably yes or no, according to the experts.

    Heh

  2. The real question is... by jpsst34 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will the be able to predict the next Champagne Supernova? Cuz, man, I don't think I want to be near when those blokes come around again.

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    How are you going to keep them down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus?
  3. Rama by grayrest · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if they stole it from their female grad student and then married her to keep her quiet, allowing them to be among those selected for the second rondezvous with the extraterrestrial....

    or not.

  4. A million years? by mike_mgo · · Score: 3, Funny
    It used to be when scientists predicted the time and date of when a star would explode, they might be off by a million years.

    Umm, how did they check their predictions again?

  5. later... by msouth · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it was revealed that they got their information about the timing of the supernova from a man who is currently in custody of the SEC.

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    Liberty uber alles.