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How close can you be to a supernova? before things get ugly (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

The closest star that could go supernova is IK Pegasi at around 150 light-years away, but it's actually moving away from us which is pretty intersting cosmic insurance policy.