Supernova Casts Doubt on "Standard Candle"

Krishna Dagli writes, "A supernova more than twice as bright as others of its type has been observed, suggesting it arose from a star that managed to grow more massive than theoretically thought possible. The observation suggests that Type 1a supernovae may not be 'standard candles' — all having the same intrinsic luminosity — as previously thought. This could affect their use as probes of dark energy, the mysterious force causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate."

Oh really...

[tttonyyy]

"twice as bright as others of its type"

Obviously not a /. reader then. ;)

Re:Canada-France-Hawaii telescope?

[$RANDOMLUSER]

That's how we Americans do geography. We know where Hawaii is, and we know that Canada is (vaguely) north of us, and France is somewhere in Asia.

Oh, I get it...

[AckutarQuesinta]

dark energy, the mysterious force

Dark energy? the mysterious force? Oh, I get it, we found the death star [wikipedia.org]!

That was funny right? *nudge**nudge*

Re:Oh really...

[Lissajous]

"twice as bright as others of its type"

Obviously not a /. reader then. ;)

I don't get it.

Its all Greek to me

[JonnyCalcutta]

So what you are saying is....eh....the thing with the........when the thing with the other thing goes...to.....because the wotsit is like the..eh....so, do they run Linux in their lab?

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