Yes you are. Read again what the BA said: “…it ejected a lot of matter…at very high speed, about 24 million kilometers per hour (14 million mph). That would reach from the Earth to the Moon in one minute flat.”

So not from the supernova to the Earth in one minute, but at a speed which would allow it to travel the distance between the Earth and the Moon in one minute.

Sorry, to destroy your hope, but a supernova does not rise or fade very quickly. In fact, they tend to shine for several weeks and fade very slowly. I read somewhere that this special supernova in this thread would be visible with the unaided eye for about 3 month.

So what else could it have been? A meteor, a satellite or the ISS (did you see some movement? But even if you detected none does not rule out these possibilities). It could even have an earthly cause.

If this was not a supernova, anyone know what it was?

It would be awesome to see a supernova with my own eyes, thanks for the info! You’ve got another reader.

Yeah, the biggest problem with that episode was how small the stargate was compared to the star.

But any analysis & interpretation of the observation & measurements is dependent on the model one applies to data.

Applying a different model to the same observations & measurement will result in different conclusions.

Mention has been made of magneto-hydro-dynamics, in other words, the study of electrified plasma dynamics.

Electromagnetism in plasma flows is scale independent with no limit established (confirmation of scale-independence has been observed to at least 14 orders of magnitude).

The explanations provided thus far are primarily of the gravity “only” model with some reference to MHD.

But if one applies an electromagnetic model to the data, one can easily come to different conclusions.

Z – pinch phenomenon are well understood and documented in plasma physics laboratories:

http://www.plasma-universe.com/index.php/Pinch

If one applies that model of the phenomenon then one comes to a different conclusion from the primarily gravity “only” model’s conclusions.

To refresh my question: How does a near to exploding star have the same shape as a star forming region (why the beginning and ending are similar) ?

The answer is easy to explain: The processes governoring the processes are the same. The Z- pinch process constrains both how a star forms and how it ends. In the ending senario, the current is increased until the circuit overloads and explodes, i.e., exploding double layers.

Let’s see. Since a stargate only allows matter to flow one way, I suppose we could connect one star with another, then open the Gate and watch the flow build up,,,,oh, wait, we don’t have access to a Gate big enough for starships to pass,,,oh well, never mind.(Ok! So! There would be matter flow, but it would take about a billion years to get enough mass accumulation to trigger a nova).

A better way might be to use a super particle accelerator to accelerate protons into a target and produce muons, to catalyze the stars nuc reactions. Could maybe increase the reaction rate to a bigga boom.

Gary 7

“@ ND:
grrr. I can’t wait that long! I want a Type Ia and I want it now!
That can be arranged. Buwah ha ha ha haaaa!”

You have a stargate lying around?

Testing to see if blowing up a star using a stargate sounds like a great Mythbusters episode!

With the European Union? Nothing. Thank god they finally signed the new treaty, so finally the EU can do politics, again.

But EU in this case meant something different (as you might have guessed ). It has the meaning of PU or PC. (And no, the latter does not mean personal computer ).

Ref your link: “There is a constrant stream of high-energy galactic and solar radiation interacting with the Earth’s upper atmosphere,” the report noted. “This interaction creates a cascade of secondary particles. Some of the secondary particles, in particular neutrons, can affect aircraft avionics systems.”

I guess that means the electronics they use aren’t radiation hardened. I note they imply neutrons are secondary radiation, but from what I recall of my basic physics, energetic interactions between cosmic rays and the atmosphere should mainly produce charged particle secondaries, not neutrons.
Ah well, I guess we can’t expect all avionics experts to also be grounded in physics.

Gary 7

Some of those frakkin’ EU-guys showed this star as evidence for a current powering a star. I guessed that it would be outflows and that something is blocking our view in the middle. But that it is a possible Type Ia-candidate would have been much more interesting and much more compelling.

This is sad. Such a glorious piece of astronomy and science, and I think of the EU-crap. Sorry, guys.

Hey, what’s your beef with the European Union anyway?

Here is a chalenge for the LHC Super Collider, cCreate a Supernova. A small one please.

I don’t think supernovae come in “small” – & I think you need a star before you can have a supernova too.

So I somehow doubt that the LHC will be able to grant that particular request there!

How is it then possible that this star 25,000 light years away will blast light/matter at such a speed that it will reach earth in 1 minute.

Am i missing something here?

RT
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