Type Ia supernova was caused by the collision of two white dwarf stars
Scientists have solved a mystery of supernova Type Ia, remnant 0509-67.5 as seen in the figure with the help of combined view of visible and x-ray light from a pair of NASA telescopes. This research...
View ArticleAstronomers found a supernova in a “wrong neighborhood”
Main point: Astronomers found a “lost” young-looking supernova, PS1-12sk, in an old galaxy with the help of Pan-STARRS telescope on Haleakala in Hawaii. Journal: The research has been submitted to The...
View ArticleNew class of supernova in which one of the stars survives
Main points: Scientists have found a new type of supernova that is referred to as miniature stellar blast due to its different features. Journal: Astrophysical Journal Study Further: Supernova...
View ArticleHuge amount of cold molecules and dust in the remnant of Supernova 1987A
Hubble Space Telescope image of supernova 1987A. The keyhole-like shape at the center is the remnant of supernova explosion 1987A. This remnant is still expanding. It is believed that the surrounding...
View ArticleLight in Tycho’s supernova remnant
Tycho’s Supernova Remnant (Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/K.Eriksen et al.; Optical: DSS) Main Point: Scientists have found that reverse shock wave moving inward with 1000 times the speed of sound...
View ArticleMaybe new information of this day by SayPeople.com (MNIDSP) – MNIDSP/Part-1
Today, I have collected some information from the field of astronomy. Hopefully, you will like it. Quasars can emit energy that is hundreds to thousands of times the entire energy output of our galaxy....
View ArticleNew discovery of very bright and most distant supernovae
A small portion of one of the fields from the Supernova Legacy Survey showing SNLS-06D4eu and its host galaxy (arrow). The supernova and its host galaxy are so far away that both are a tiny point of...
View ArticleFirst ever real observation of supernova dust formation
Composite image of supernova 1987A. ALMA data (in red) shows newly formed dust in the center of the remnant. HST (in green) and Chandra (in blue) show the expanding shockwave.(Credit: Alexandra...
View ArticleSupernova found just about 12 million light years away
The Ultraviolet-Optical Telescope aboard Swift captured SN 2014J, circled, on January 22, 2014. (credit: NASA / Swift / P. Brown, TAMU.) Main Point: Astronomers have found a supernova dubbed SN 2014J...
View ArticleStandard-Candle Supernovae Are Still Standard, But Why?
Main Points: Sixteen years ago two teams of supernova hunters, one led by Saul Perlmutter of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the other by Brian...
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