Tycho's Supernova

blamanj writes "Over 400 years ago, a supernova was visible in Nothern Europe. Astronomer Tycho Brahe helped bring about the collapse of the Ptolemaic system by showing that the 'new star' was not a local phenomena like a comet, but actually existed in (supposedly) unchanging heavens. The star that went nova was part of a binary system, and the supernova explosion sent the companion star shooting off into space. Now, that companion star has been found."

Comments

Creationism?

[Anonymous Coward]

I really hate when "Intelligent Design" advocates pop up in threads like this only to tell that Supernovas are too old and complex to evolve in 6000 years so they must have been 'intelligently designed'.

Please. I find that such distrust in the machinations of Nature itself shows us how narrow minded these "scientists" are. "I can't understand it, so God must have done it," essentially. This does not open the door to further research and understanding. On the contrary it closes the door because there is nothing more to be understood beyond "God did it".

Nature is a truly amazing thing. Evolution, Physics, Gravitation, the Stars, the Cells, everything is absolutely beautiful. Why the need to spoil Gaia with your imaginary friend?

Re:Creationism?

[numbski]

Bah. I'm a christian. Not the over-the-top poke'n'prod everyone else into believing what I believe type. I take the new testament very seriously. Everything before that I take with a large salt lick.

The fact of the matter is that the Bible, especially the old testmament simply CANNOT be read literally. Sure, there are some stories in there I'm sure happened, but when you have multiple authors claiming to be Moses in a few cases...eh....

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart and mind.

Love thy neighbor as thyself.

I don't mean to oversimply it, but if you get those two points, I mean REALLY get them, you get more of christianity than many proclaimed christians do. You could *almost* toss out the rest. You'd be missing out on a whole lot of good stuff but if it came right down to it....