Comment on James Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star

EatYouWell@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That was my first thought also - did the supernova shatter a star, or is the supernova literally the result of a star shattering?

  Both could be true, it could be that a star went supernova, then the shockwave shattered a star. I CBA to read into it and I’m hoping someone will reply with the answer.

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  • EatYouWell@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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

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    • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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