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Everything "works". Even our sun going supernova "works". The question is, towards what end.

• ceejayoz 10y ago
  > Even our sun going supernova "works". Our sun can't go supernova.
  • nier 10y ago
    Had to look this up as it isn’t my core competency. According to current knowledge our sun is too small for a supernova explosion. It might become a red giant (5 to 6 billion years) and then a white dwarf.
    • happy_tentacles 10y ago
      Sad faith - get super bloated, kill all the live in vicinity, then shrink to a shadow of former self for the remainder of the life time of the universe. NO, supernova would be so much more spectacular. At least it might give a standard candle for others observing this galaxy, become a measuring stick for the universe, and spill some heavier elements for whatever comes next. -- Should privacy laws end where atmosphere of our planet ends? If the Outer Space take of Bundesnachrichtendienst is true, we would be for an overhaul of quite few laws once more humans get beyond law earth orbit.
    • Pica_soO 10y ago
      We need too make a obelisk, engraved upon which stands: "Stealing other systems gas-giants and feeding them to your own sun is okay. I spilled some resources at the start." God
  • PavlovsCat 10y ago
    Same different: the inability of our sun to go supernova "works", as does the wilful miscomprehension of my point - the question again is, towards what end.