Ancient supernova is oldest and most distant found

Newscientist.com ^ | 22:40 08 July 2009 by Rachel Courtland

[Perdogg]

Astronomers have turned up the oldest and most distant supernova ever found: the star that created it detonated just 3 billion years after the big bang. The technique used to find it could reveal tens of thousands of other ancient supernovae, tracing out how the universe became seeded over time with heavy elements.

Because light travels at a finite speed, more distant supernovae also occur further back in time. The calculated distance of the newly discovered blast suggests it occurred 10.7 billion years ago – about 1.5 billion years earlier than the previous record holder.

The new blast was a 'type II' supernova, which detonated when a star 50 to 100 times as massive as the sun ran out of nuclear fuel and could no longer support its own weight.

[Perdogg]

ping

[Vaquero]

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[Red in Blue PA]

Prediction from Red in Blue PA: Scientists will continue making discoveries of “oldest” starts supernovas etc as technology improves.

Just saying.

[MortMan]

Shooting stars never stop... even when they reach the top...

There goes a supernova... What a pushover... yeah!

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Scientists will continue making discoveries of “oldest” starts supernovas etc as technology improves.

Well, that's why the title says:

Ancient supernova is oldest and most distant found

[AUH2O Repub]

BBBut how can that be? They are all only 6,000 years old.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

...and the earth is at the center of the universe, and flat!

[SunkenCiv]

Old Earth speculation and junk science! ;') ;') ;')

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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith

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[MHGinTN]

Could the elements from this exploded super nova be part of our planet and solar system and even us? ... “Mmmmm, could be!”