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James Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that kinda the definition of a supernova?

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years 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.