A rare type of supernova: Researchers reveal its explosion mechanisms
An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant ...
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Supernovae and Their Progenitor Stars
Understanding the progenitor stars of supernovae—particularly those that lead to different types of explosions—has been a significant focus of recent astrophysical research. This research has ...
A Star Might Have Faked Its Own Death and Hubble Is Investigating
The dazzling spiral galaxy in this Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460, located about 60 million light-years away in the ...
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Do we really know what becomes a Type Ia supernova?
This is particularly true for one particular kind of supernova known as Type Ia. An overview of the different proposed Type Ia supernova progenitors has been published on the arXiv preprint server.
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To decode dark energy, the Rubin Observatory will find millions of exploding vampire stars
"The large volume of data from Rubin will give us a sample of all kinds of Type Ia supernovas at a range of distances and in many different ... means they can't go supernova.
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NASA captures a 'boom' in space from 600 million light years away
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a 'boom' in deep space, estimated to be at least 600 million light years away from ...
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'Game changing' release of Type Ia Supernovae data may hold key to the history of the Universe
A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.
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NASA’s Hubble captures a distant supernova in Gemini
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a faraway galaxy that recently hosted a supernova. This galaxy, located about 600 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini, ...