When you wish upon a stellar remnant

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Oct 14, 2009 12:00 AMNov 20, 2019 1:32 AM

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BABloggee Kimberly Zaylskie sent me a link to the cartoon Pearls Before Swine, which yesterday had an astronomical theme. I might define a supernova a little differently, but hey, when you have even less room than a Twitter post you do what you can. Click the image to see the whole panel. And yeah, I've had days like that as well. And though I don't wish on stars anyway, I do sometimes hang my hopes on them.

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