>There are records from ancient Egypt of what appears to be a star exploding as a supernova. The Egyptians described the appearance of a “second sun” in the sky, says Webb.
That statement interests me, I did a search and the closest thing I found was SN 1006:
But that did not come close to the brightness of the Sun and it happened a bit over 1000 years ago. To me, ancient Egypt refers to well over 2000 years ago.
That statement interests me, I did a search and the closest thing I found was SN 1006:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1006
But that did not come close to the brightness of the Sun and it happened a bit over 1000 years ago. To me, ancient Egypt refers to well over 2000 years ago.
So wondering if that statement is really true.