Cool Stuff Kepler catches for the first time the early flash – a shock breakout – of an exploding star livescience — August 3, 2019 6 comments Kepler catches for the first time the early flash – a shock breakout – of an exploding star gifs space
[Source](http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/Kepler/caught-for-the-first-time-the-early-flash-of-an-exploding-star/) Reply
If this was captured in visible light why do they show the animation instead?
[Source](http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/Kepler/caught-for-the-first-time-the-early-flash-of-an-exploding-star/)
And the sky was full of stars, and every star was an exploding ship — one of ours.
[GFY mirror](https://gfycat.com/FlashyEnviousLamb)
What scale of time is this on?
how do we know that’s not Alderaan?