08.23 Nice Stars & Supernovae - by Craig Van Horn

Last Thursday the Science Buzz Cafe talk was given by Craig Van Horn and the topic was “Nice Stars and Supernovae”. I apologize for promising Craig Van Horn demonstrating a super-nova by having his head explode, although his Hubble shot of "This Is Your Brain on Scientific Notation", aka the Crab Nebula, was almost as good. I was misinformed. But he did give a stellar performance that kept the audience near starry-eyed (not glassy-eyed) by his explanation of stellar chemistry and physics as he discussed novas, novae, supernovae, superdupernovae and Wow-That-Really-Makes-My-Eyes-Water-novae. His denouement, which put peoples' minds at ease that his favorite supernova would not turn earth into plasma, was much appreciated. Next year Craig is going to return with why energy "discovery" scams make money or at least headlines. I'll get back to you.

Craig Van Horn at Science Buzz Cafe on August 23th, 2007