Cosmic illusions · D. Clery
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Stellar explosions seemingly replayed as gravity bends their light could resolve a dispute over the speed of the expanding universe DANIEL CLERY Sherry Suyu can’t wait for the Sun to get out of the way. Sometime after June, when Earth’s turn around the Sun brings a distant galaxy into view, she expects to see a giant star explode at the end of its life. Supernovae usually don’t send out invitations in advance. But this one, called SN Requiem, has already gone off three times before. Suyu, a cosmologist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, predicts it will detonate yet again—as if the star is refusing to stay dead. It’s an illusion. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第392卷 第6793期 · 2026年4月2日,D. Clery。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。