{"id":3568,"date":"2022-02-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2022-01-18T08:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:46:29","slug":"a-red-giant-exploded-into-a-supernova-in-front-of-scientists-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/a-red-giant-exploded-into-a-supernova-in-front-of-scientists-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Red Giant Exploded Into a Supernova In Front of Scientists\u2019 Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Securing yourself some \u201cfront-row seats\u201d for a premiere takes a whole new meaning when we start talking about what happens out in space. Events from the past must have been a spectacle to behold for any humans on Earth fortunate enough to have seen them live, such as the \u201cGuest Star\u201d of 1181<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, what often happens is that scientists that look up at the sky only get to see the aftermath of whatever cosmic event took place in that particular area. After all, double-appearing supernovae aside<\/a>, there\u2019s barely any way for anyone down here on Earth to predict when the next cosmic event will take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are exceptions to the rule\u2014and none more serendipitous and spectacular than those that scientists just manage to see firsthand. A recent study that was just published in The Astrophysical Journal<\/em><\/a> shows how a select group of scientists witnessed firsthand a distant red supergiant star exploded into a supernova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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