>> laser pulses to make a supernova by vapourising carbon.

> But, as you usually need a spare White Dwarf  hanging about
> to achieve one, odds are that they won't

The experiment was actually to get data on the expansion of the
explosion, to prove or otherwise the mathematical models that
predict how "lumpy", "knotty" or assymmetric the dust cloud will
look as the star's material collides with interstellar dust etc

Joe


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