Posts by AhaB

    Im just going to add some things to this about nova´s and supernovas. you got the basic idea of a nova, basically its when there is a sudden outburst of radiant energy which can increase its luminosity by hundreds or thousands of times. In most cases nova´s are formed by a white dwarf in a binary system. there are two types of of supernovae. type I supernova : involves a white dwarf in a binary star cluster. In most cases there is a larger star dumping matter and material into the white dwarf. Larger doesnt neccesarily mean more massive, which is why the dwarfs gravity well pulls matter from the larger star. (Side note : it is estimated that a teaspoon of matter from a white dwarf weighs >2 tons.) As the actual mass of the dwarf increases so that is weighs a little bit more than the our sun (sol), the balencing of gravity and pressure dosent exist, and the dwarf beings to colapse. The core of the dwarf gets so incredibly hot, that a huge amount of Fusion reactions begins again (as apposed to the degenerate reactions that were happening before) There is so much fusion going on in the center of the star, that it cant handle it, and in less than a second, the star goes boom: one huge one at that. Type II supernova: this involves a truely massive star, which is greater than 12sm (12 times the suns mass). basically the same situation, where the pressure from the heat in the core cant support mass of the outer layers of the larger stars. with a star that has a mass between 12-40 sm, the supernova leaves a neutron star. (like the one in the game). if the star is larger than 40sm, the resulting supernova leaves a black hole. just thought that i would leave some word definitions :-D. -AhaB

    i wouldnt bother reinstalling stuff, it appears that many people are having that problem. I was playing as of 3am est this morning. And now i cant connect, except to the lan servers that are on my lan... well just have to stick it out...

    i did the same thing there, as well as in the TAU-31 system. there is a binary formation of blue dwarfs that has an "unknown object" in the middle of them. didnt burn up, but still couldnt see the unknown object because it was too bright LOL.

    apparently one of the people in one of the bars around the New York system tells you how to get through...but thats all im gonna say <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>