[HN Gopher] Star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetim...
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       Star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-04-08 11:50 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | simmerup wrote:
       | > The two are so close that matter being ejected by the red giant
       | collects near the surface of the white dwarf.
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       | > Once the mass roughly of Earth has built up on the white dwarf
       | --which takes around 80 years--it heats up enough to kickstart a
       | runaway thermonuclear reaction, Starrfield said.
       | 
       | Wild.
        
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