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moonsoundsonsnow t1_jb8glzi wrote

Reply to comment by blueasian0682 in James Webb Telescope captures the same galaxy at three different points in time in a single mind-boggling image by mirzavadoodulbaig

what I find amazing is that it's been 3.2 billion years since the supernova event, yet we just happen to be paying attention to a particular 3 yr period. quite the co-inkydink.

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Bladestorm04 t1_jb8scnx wrote

But if we didn't see this one, we'd see the next one. This has happened so many times it's almost impossible for it to not be happening when we're looking

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Phenotyx t1_jba5094 wrote

super novae are only decreasing in frequency also, so the further back you look (until you get to periods before super novae were possible) the more likely it is you see one.

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