(January 16, 2017 at 10:43 am)LastPoet Wrote: IIRC, it would need another star on a binary system to produce a nova. Not sure if our sun matches also the mass criteria.
That would be a Type I supernova. The second star, typically a white dwarf, has its material stripped away by its companion, which adds to that star's mass and pushes it over the Chandrasekar Limit (1.4 times our Sun's mass). It takes a star at least that mass to produce a supernova by itself, a Type II.
Our own Sol is neither. We do end up losing the Earth to it eventually, however, so unless you panic-buy SPF HolyMotherFuckingShit, you might want to consider looking further afield for a desirable location with easy access to shopping and leisure facilities.
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