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University of Toronto physicists create supernova in a jar
University of Toronto ^
| December 2, 2010
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Posted on 12/02/2010 11:58:04 AM PST by decimon
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posted on
12/02/2010 11:58:06 AM PST
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
What could go wrong ping.
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posted on
12/02/2010 11:58:46 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Not even close.
However, if they’d been able to create the precedent STAR in a glass jar, we’d be in bidness.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:03:17 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: decimon
Can they do one in a champagne bottle?
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:04:57 PM PST
by
RichInOC
("How many special people change? How many lives are livin' strange?"--Oasis)
To: decimon
I don’t think we’ll be interested. You see we’ve already got one.
To: RichInOC
I was thinking the same thing there.
Then Liam could drink it and punch his brother.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:08:22 PM PST
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: Artemis Webb
I’d be more impressed if they created Whoop A$$ in a can!
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:09:35 PM PST
by
catman67
To: decimon
...the detonation starts with a flame ball buried deep inside a white dwarf. The flame ball is much lighter than its surroundings, so it rises rapidly making a plume topped with an accelerating smoke ring This is nothing new. The guy I buy my shine from has been creating that same effect inside quart-sized Mason jars for YEARS...
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:10:38 PM PST
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: decimon
My relatives in Georgia have been doing that for years.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:11:01 PM PST
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: decimon
My 9 Year Old can make a Tornado appear in his bedroom
To: catman67
"Id be more impressed if they created Whoop A$$ in a can!" This is just a step up from lightning in a bottle or a tempest in a tea pot.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:13:36 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: decimon
Soon to be “As Seen on TV”: My Pet Supernova.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:19:37 PM PST
by
AZLiberty
(Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
To: decimon
Early in the atomic age, there was this Canadian scientist. I think he was at Los Alamos, but he was working with plutonium and beryllium, when the screwdriver he was using slipped.
He was able to stop the fission, but died days later.
Were you thinking of some thing along those lines?
To: Calvin Locke
“Tickling the Dragon’s Tail” I think the procedure was called.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:35:03 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Calvin Locke
Were you thinking of some thing along those lines? I was mostly joking. Mostly.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:43:53 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon; Revolting cat!
A team of physicists from the University of Toronto and Rutgers University have mimicked the explosion of a supernova in miniature. A supernova is an exploding star. That's nothing, Superman had a whole city from the exploded planet Krypton in a jar.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:49:23 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: SJSAMPLE
Tickling the Dragons Tail
Looked it up. It was the final test for the plutonium core before assembly.
That particular core claimed a technician's life in another "oops" accident before Slotin's [Canadian scientist].
Slotin used a screwdriver instead of/without the aid of, proscribed shims, apparently.
Future "tickles" were done remotely...
To: decimon
Sounds like they created a smoke ring, not a supernova.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:54:20 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: decimon
The headline is a lie. The article doesn’t say that. Is this typical reporting hype? A supernova is a STAR. There are no stars the size that would fit in a jar.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:54:52 PM PST
by
Leftism is Mentally Deranged
(Liberalism is against human nature. Practicing liberalism is detrimental to your mental stability.)
To: struggle
I was thinking the same thing there. Then Liam could drink it and punch his brother.LOL!
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:55:02 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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