Hi Eta C

Thank you for your specific response. It seems I am having trouble having my links show up. I am going to have to just put the web address in.

You are right about supernovas, and the examples you list are certainly examples of stellar destruction, but not all stars self destruct like this. This is the link that was supposed to show up

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom..._020123-1.html
(sorry if you have to cut and past it, I thought my links were working with out the full address. )


While theoretical models about the formation of planetary systems may give a feeling of what is happening, nothing beats observation. (Of course interpretation of the observation is always subject to debate) .

Since I am referring to a stellar explosion that is not of the magnitude of a supernova, the three reasons you feel my posting is invalid is no longer applicable. Again I apologize for the lack of a working link, it would have helped clear up what kind of solar explosion I was talking about.

Snowflake.