Tag: Eta Carinae

• Supernovas and Marvin the Martian

  Supernovas are some of the most violent phenomena in the cosmos, but we’re in no immediate danger from one. However, astronomers would really really really like one to go off relatively nearby during our lifetimes, since we would learn a lot from observing one. My latest piece at Ars Technica is a gallery showing some…

  Matthew R. Francis

  March 28, 2013

  Ars Technica, Writing for Other Sites

  Betelgeuse, Eta Carinae, supernovas, white dwarfs