News tagged with supernova
Related topics: stars , massive stars , galaxies , white dwarfs , neutron stars
Astronomers discover 'defiant' new supernova
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers has uncovered a supernova whose origin cannot be explained by any previously known mechanism and which promises exciting new insights into stellar explosions.
May 26, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (9) |
3
Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion
(PhysOrg.com) -- This beautiful composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A new long observation from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, shown in blue, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2010 |
5 / 5 (7) |
0
New type of supernova may shed light on some universal mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past decade, robotic telescopes have turned astronomers' attention to scads of strange exploding stars, one-offs that may or may not point to new and unusual physics.
May 19, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (13) |
3
|
Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star Speeding from 30 Doradus
(PhysOrg.com) -- A heavy runaway star rushing away from a nearby stellar nursery at more than 400 000 kilometres per hour, a speed that would get you to the Moon and back in two hours. The runaway is the most ...
May 11, 2010 |
5 / 5 (10) |
2
|
Death of a star in 3D
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching have for the first time managed to reproduce the asymmetries and fast-moving iron clumps of observed supernovae by complex ...
May 11, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (17) |
2
|
The Supernovae of Triangulum
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Triangulum Galaxy, at a distance of only 2.6 million light-years, is one of the closest spiral galaxies to earth. It is also the third largest member of our galactic neighborhood (after ...
Apr 30, 2010 |
4.6 / 5 (14) |
3
|
Searching for dark energy with the whole world's supernova dataset
The international Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP), based at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has announced the Union2 compilation of hundreds of Type Ia supernovae, ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (12) |
16
|
Young and getting cooler -- the early life of a neutron star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations of how the youngest-known neutron star has cooled over the past decade are giving astronomers new insights into the interior of these super-dense dead stars. Dr Wynn Ho will present ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
4.9 / 5 (9) |
2
|
Mystery object in Starburst Galaxy M82 possible micro-quasar
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio astronomers at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory have discovered a strange new object in a nearby galaxy. The object, which appeared very suddenly in radio wavelengths ...
Apr 14, 2010 |
5 / 5 (10) |
3
|
Astronomers See Historical Supernova From a New Angle (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since Galileo first pointed a telescope at the sky 400 years ago, a myriad of technological advances have allowed astronomers to look at very faint objects, very distant objects, and even ...
Mar 31, 2010 |
4.6 / 5 (14) |
4
|
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Chandra/Spitzer Image
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star. The dust is flying past and engulfing a nearby family of stars.
Mar 29, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (7) |
3
|
Measuring a Monstrous Supernova
A rare Type Ia supernova whose progenitor star had a mass some two and a half times that of our sun - much more mass than a Type Ia progenitor should be able to accumulate before it explodes - has led members ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (9) |
1
|
Super Supernova: White Dwarf Star System Exceeds Mass Limit
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team led by Yale University has, for the first time, measured the mass of a type of supernova thought to belong to a unique subclass and confirmed that it surpasses what was ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (20) |
12
|
Simulating the Birth of Massive Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have made great strides recently in understanding how modest stars - those like the sun or smaller -- are formed.
Mar 09, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (10) |
0
|
A New Class of Variable Stars Revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern astronomy sometimes makes discoveries by looking in new places, the distant universe for example, using telescopes and instruments that extend the previous limits of detection.
Feb 26, 2010 |
5 / 5 (5) |
3
|
