will any of the bits from the star that exploded come and hit earth??

Answer 1

Yes, definitely. But since a star doesn't explode into bits like a building, it'll just be single atoms or molecules of gas. And it's so far away that it'll take many more years before any of those gas molecules actually reach us. Plus, it's far away so the amount that reaches will be very little.

When they do, we'll never even know about it.

Answer 2

If you are worried about that start that exploded and we are all talking about on the news, don’t. It happened over 200 million years ago. We just got the light from the explosion now, so if any debrief would be flying towards us, it would take way longer to reach us.

On the other hand, the material that is expelled from a supernova explosion is not really thick, in fact, is more atoms than anything else. Later on those atoms combine to from heavier elements as the pressure of the explosion forces them to move faster and faster, and also from other gravitational forces from other objects like close by stars, other supernovae, or giant planets like Jupiter (or bigger).

Now, if a close by start would go supernova, things would be different. The wave will probably not hit us with enough intensity to do anything, but the radiation and light would illuminate and hit us very hard and could have some bad weather effect on Erath and even the Sun itself, depending of the size of the star and the magnitude of the explosion.

But as far as we know, there are more chances of a meteorite or a comet hitting Earth than supernova debrief. So don’t worry about it. And like I said, if we are lucky enough to be in the way of a lonely small debrief formed from that explosion, it will not happen any time soon as it has to travel over 200 million light years before it can gets us, and don’t forget, nothing can travel faster or even at the same speed of light, so that object would be traveling way slower. Maybe in some millions of years from today we might get a small particle, and by then, humans will be probably all over the galaxy, or long gone and extinct.

Answer 3

Oh, I didn't know a star had gone nova. But to answer your question, without knowing anything about the particulars, I would have to say that all stars are really, really far away and space is really, really, really huge in all directions and in comparison, the Earth is really, really, really, really small.

When a star goes nova, it doesn't send out lumps of rock because its not made of rock, it's a burning ball of gas, so it emits photons and gas, not so much of the rocky stuff though.

Because it's so far away, even travelling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second), none of this matter will reach us for years. The closest extra-solar star is just over four light years away from us - the closest star being the sun and that's eight light minutes away from us. We'd know very very very very very very very very very quickly if our star exploded and there wouldn't be a thing you could do to prevent it.

Answer 4

Not in our lifetime. Probably not in the entire lifespan of the universe.

That supernova was SO far away (240 million light years -- that means that the LIGHT that revealed this to us left that star 240 million years ago!), that it would take trillions of years to reach us at the speed it is travelling. And along the way, it would run through so many gravitational wells that it is very unlikely to ever even escape its own local region.

But the photons emitted by the supernova HAVE reached us (that's how we can see it), so in a way, yes, bits CAN reach us -- but they pose no threat at all!

Answer 5

No, it's too far away. It's out in deep space. Meteorites hit the earth all the time. That's what "falling stars" are. August is the month with the most meteorite showers. If you get away from the city lights, waaaayyyy out... you should be able to see them.

Answer 6

It is highly unlikely since the dispersion will be far greater than the possibility of hitting us. But theoretically, when an object is set in motion is will continue to stay in motion (inertia), so it may eventually hit us.

Answer 7

Probably not, if one piece does it was by 1/1000000 chance because it has to by pass planets, asteriods,meteors,the astroid belt and more planets just to get here, on top of the fact that it would burn up and disinigrate in our atmosphere.....so yeah, the chances are REALLY slim! :)

Answer 8

No. It's way way too far away. Nor will its radiation affect us, except that we can detect it with sophisticated equipment.

Answer 9

Not in your lifetime

Answer 10

some already have, which is why we can see the explosion...