Like ants nesting on a river bank, some only live a few days. A colony could live for many ant generations on a riverbank but when a big flood comes their entire world is wiped out.

  • Julian@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I thought white dwarfs are the remains of a dead star - they don’t go supernova since the gravitational force is higher than its energy output.