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by winer
Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:21 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The ISS from Above (2010 Mar 03)
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Re: APOD: The ISS from Above (2010 Mar 03)

To me it looks like broken ice floating in water, so I will go with the coastline of Antarctica.
by winer
Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Supernovae
Replies: 1
Views: 2226

Supernovae

Tody's picture refers to two recent supernovae, SN1987A and SN1993J. It would appear that there are not many supernovae occuring. I find this very surprising, given the large number of large stars in a typical galaxy. Why are there not many more supernovae?