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Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time by foota on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @11:14AM (#40729060)
Fun fact, supernovae take only seconds to undergo extremely violent processes that typically result in their explosion.

E.g., "Within a few seconds of the collapse process, a substantial fraction of the matter in the white dwarf undergoes nuclear fusion, releasing enough energy (1–2×10^44 J) to unbind the star in a supernova."

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Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time by jvanderbot on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @11:40AM (#40729301)
I've always wondered how realistic the timing was for the supernova explosion at the end of The Fountain. Seems they didn't do so bad!
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Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time by Fezzik on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @12:20PM (#40729701)
Extending the tangent: The Fountain is a criminally underrated movie!
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