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Worth pointing out that the cool gif and video are just illustrations. I'm not sure what was actually "captured" when it happened. Maybe the chart on the side o

• danparsonson 11y ago
  Yes the chart is what they captured; the animation is inferred from the data and our current models of supernovae.
  • mkagenius 11y ago
    That breaks my heart :(
    • imglorp 11y ago
      Recently we have started to see actual pictures (ie, not a point) of extrasolar stars. The keyword when searching is direct imaging. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=direct+imaging+betelgeuse&t=ffsb&iax=1&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=direct+imaging+betelgeuse&t=ffsb&i...
      • danparsonson 11y ago
        Indeed, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HL_Tauri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HL_Tauri and http://www.space.com/31497-exoplanets-direct-imaging-next-big-thing.html http://www.space.com/31497-exoplanets-direct-imaging-next-bi...