Artist's concept of a red giant star and white dwarf orbiting one another. When the red giant moves behind the white dwarf, a nova explosion on the white dwarf ignites. (Photo Credit: NASA Goddard ...
What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...
A stronomers have been able to catch the earliest phases of supernova explosions with one of the most powerful observatories ...
Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a ...
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In a breakthrough, astronomers capture rare 'olive-shaped' star explosion just a day after detection
This rapid reaction required astronomers to use a technique called spectropolarimetry to gather information about the ...
A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...
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