@blitzphd: WR102 is really a weird star. Small but heavy, dim but powerful. #Astronomy #wolfrayet #explained #tiktokencyclopediacontest

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moon79178
moon :
Hot like me?
2025-11-12 16:10:02
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chris_w_2k5
Chris🇨🇦 :
"it's remarkably dense" Same tho
2025-11-12 16:10:06
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delatbabel
Del :
Also also ... if you placed WR102 where the sun is we'd all be vaporised for a different reason. My understanding is that it has already exploded as a supernova -- based on calculations that it will explode in the next 1500 years but it's about 9500 light years away, so if the calculations are correct then in fact it exploded about 8000 years ago but we just haven't seen the explosion yet
2025-11-12 17:04:25
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louisluislewisluiz
stuckinthemoon :
I’d just turn on the AC and stay indoors
2025-11-14 04:43:51
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sabhwa
Kurt (정가원) :
does a similar dimming effect happen when stars go supernova too?
2025-11-12 22:06:37
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magigglestick1
Misha :
Pfft, you think I'd let the big sun mess with earf?
2025-11-12 16:14:16
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zodz_qc
Zodz_Qc🇨🇦 :
How far would we need to be in order to be in the “habitable zone”?
2025-11-12 17:56:09
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ayyyy_jj
JuntyClewp :
OK so my immediate thought is that means its possible for a planet to be in the goldilocks zone of such a star (or perhaps a less powerful one) and get barely any light but enough energy for liquid water/life. What would that look like?
2025-11-12 17:28:44
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the_guy_with_the_malibu
the_guy_with_the_malibu :
is there a temperature at which matter does not exist anymore?
2025-11-12 16:19:47
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thylastpenguin
thylastpenguin :
"it would seem bright before you are vaporized" would we actually see anything before we are vaporized? or would we not perish before the light travels between our eyes and our brains? thinking about it we probably shouldn't do this one
2025-11-12 16:18:26
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rugonnafinishthat
goldie :
I remember from quantum physics (undergrad level) we learned that increasing temperature does not correspond to reductions in higher wavelength radiation but increases in higher wavelength radiation. white-hot metal is not less red than red-hot metal, it's just also more blue. so how could this star possibly produce less light in the visible spectrum?
2025-11-12 22:40:39
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blobfish42
blobfish42 :
can't compare the temperature in Celsius! though at that scale the 272 degrees don't matter much
2025-11-12 20:23:24
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broncny183
BronxNY183 :
I can't believe I sat and listened to this whole thing 🤣
2026-01-05 19:52:43
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marusia.story
Маруся 🌹 :
explain me how the warm reaches our planet but sound doesn't
2025-11-12 23:11:10
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sandmxmx
Jafa :
380kW per square meter…. Ouch!
2025-11-12 19:25:07
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gregnog1
user1584613729982 :
I wouldn’t let that happen
2025-11-12 23:09:31
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otg920
that-guy :
how would the earth be 6500 degrees while the suns surface is 5500? is it because of our atmosphere and the greenhouse effect that creates this diff?
2025-11-17 02:36:51
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eterna1s01
Drago🖤 :
Some people can’t survive the sun we have now so this isn’t a video ima sit through😭
2025-11-12 16:34:21
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msteakwood
Ahyohlah :
Who named the star?
2025-11-25 16:58:28
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kest611
Seek101 :
How far from this star Earth will need to be to be habitable and comfortable??
2025-11-12 23:22:41
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johnybrovo
Jonathan Burns :
question how do you know the temperature of a very distant object?
2025-11-12 19:42:40
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kest611
Seek101 :
At 1au your,re saying we will be vaporize by this star but somewhat ironic this star will appear smaller than our sun from earth's perpective given its size.
2025-11-12 23:28:31
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reimasuro
ReiMasuro :
I think I misunderstood your line about viewing from Pluto on my first watch. When you say dimmer than the sun, do you mean dimmer than the sun as currently seen from Earth?
2025-11-12 16:45:22
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sunitakhadka434
Sùñìtâ Khådká :
Is that Kathmandu?
2025-11-22 18:35:26
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user658610254
user658610 :
Is it weird that we talk about this in the present tense when it’s presumably in the distant past and the light is just getting here?
2025-11-12 16:55:52
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