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am_Unition  ·  3030 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Brian Koberlein: A Trick of Gravity

I'm on a mailing list that will send me an automatic notification in the event of an anomalously high neutrino flux, signaling the onset of a star in the Milky Way going supernova. I'm not exactly holding my breath though, astronomical timescales are... well, astronomical.

If Betelgeuse were to blow, it'd appear about 1/3 as bright as the full moon. That'd be pretty cool.

Also related to gravitational lensing: this badass double Einstein ring.