Comments on: Astronomers propose method for predicting the stars that will go supernovae https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-propose-method-for-predicting-the-stars-that-will-go-supernovae/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-propose-method-for-predicting-the-stars-that-will-go-supernovae/#comment-1350785 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:41:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88246#comment-1350785 I might speculate that a hydrogen/helium shell, around a mostly helium core, ignites first–driving outer layers above into space and compressing the core into full ignition.

]]> By: Call Me Ishmael https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-propose-method-for-predicting-the-stars-that-will-go-supernovae/#comment-1350703 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:20:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88246#comment-1350703 “Thus, if it is lucky and sees this kind of star in an image, and a supernova follows shortly thereafter, this theory will have been proven correct.”

The uncertainty of science.

A sample size of one will provide support for the theory, but it will be far from proving it correct.

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-propose-method-for-predicting-the-stars-that-will-go-supernovae/#comment-1350694 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:31:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=88246#comment-1350694 “The final overarching conclusion we can make from this work is that, shortly before core-collapse, [red supergiants] must undergo some prodigious mass-losing event which radically alters the appearance of the star” So what causes this “prodigious” event? GRADE – Incomplete.

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