Huge Supernova Baffles Scientists

Iddo Genuth writes "Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and San Diego State University have observed an explosion of a star 50 times larger than the sun. In what they call a 'first observation of its kind' the scientists were able to notice that most of the star's mass collapsed in on itself, resulting in a creation of a large black hole. While exploding stars, or 'supernovae,' aren't unprecedented, this star, which lay about 200 million light years away from earth and was million times brighter than the Sun, has exploded as a supernova at a much earlier date than the one predicted by astronomers."

Comments

Re:It happens?

[JesseL]

We don't know the Earth exists at all. It could all be your own insanity, or a computer simulation. It's certainly convenient to assume that the Earth exists, but it's impossible to prove one way or the other.

Solipsism is mostly mental masturbation, but it is useful for reminding people to question their assumptions.

Whoops, the Wrong Star Exploded

[nognsoutie]

I read this 3 days ago here. So, when the theory and the facts disagree, what do we do, class? Yes, that's right. We discard both.