Astronomers have predicted an exploding star's appearance for the first time ever

[Kent Sharkey]

Gizmodo[^]:

Stars explode on a fairly regular basis, but they’re virtually impossible to predict. Now, for the first time ever, astronomers have captured an image of supernova they knew was coming. Here’s how they did it.

"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"

[newton saber]

Oh, they "predicted" something that happened 100,000 light years ago. Are they doing astronomy or astrology? :laugh:

[Richard Deeming]

newton.saber wrote:

100,000 light years ago

Pedantry corner: A "light year" is a measurement of distance, not time. ;P

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