The Daily Telegraph claims that the earth could 'soon be wiped out by the explosion of a star more than 3,000 light years away'.Let's have a closer look at this outlandish story about the 'imminent' supernova soon to befall T Pyxidis that also appears in today's Sun.
'Although the star is thought to be around 3,260 light-years away – a fairly short distance in galactic terms – the blast from the thermonuclear explosion could strip away the Earth's ozone layer, the scientists said,' writes the Tele.
So should we be worried?
Well, bearing in mind that this supernova is unlikely to blow for at least ten million years I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
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