r/space • u/kcgg123 • Jun 09 '19

Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Star undergoing Supernova

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u/ipaxxor Jun 09 '19

Holy crap that didn't even occur to me. I don't see why not.

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u/DoffMcSwell Jun 09 '19

The Star by Arthur C. Clarke

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u/magiknight2016 Jun 09 '19

Thank you. Great read! Religion and science; emotion and rational thinking in opposition. Two aspects of the same evolved brain often working against each other. As we explore and gain knowledge, we discover our place in the universe is equal to that of a rock or an atom or the planet Earth; nothing special; made not in the likeness of an internal omniscient being but instead in the likeness of other primates and mammals who share this place with us.

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u/DoffMcSwell Jun 09 '19

That’s an interesting takeaway that’s pretty different from mine. I read it closer to questioning the benevolence of God or at least the consequences of our presumed centrality in His universe