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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."

2 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. 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?