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cm0002@literature.cafe to Space@mander.xyz · 2 days ago

Brightest-ever lensed supernova reveals astronomy's coming revolution

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Brightest-ever lensed supernova reveals astronomy's coming revolution

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cm0002@literature.cafe to Space@mander.xyz · 2 days ago
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With the observation of SN 2025wny, a lensed superluminous supernova, astronomy's future comes into sharp, exciting focus.
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    Am I missing something? Didn’t the “revolution” happen in 2016?

    It’s an interesting topic so I’m glad people are reading about it, but isn’t the title manipulative?

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      In 2025, supernova SN 2025wny became humanity’s first multiply imaged superluminous supernova.

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        Yeah… but you can add adjectives / swap nouns forever. The “revolution” is gravity lenses with multiple images that are used to see the same event multiple times, isn’t it? Or did I misunderstand how central superluminous supernovas are to astronomy?

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          • Rare Supernova Discovery Ushers in New Era for Cosmology

            • 20 Apr 2017
            • https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2017/04/20/rare-gravitational-lensing-supernova/
          • Gravity-lensed supernova magnifies understanding of universe

            • April 25, 2017
            • https://newatlas.com/gravity-lens-supernova-universe-expansion/49170/
            • Supernova iPTF16geu was identified by the pipeline on September 5, 2016

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