NEW KIND OF STELLAR EXPLOSION SPOTTED?
Oct 07, 2021
3 minutes
Reported by Charles Q. Choi
“AS THE NEUTRON STAR OR BLACK HOLE SPIRALS IN, IT’S EXPECTED TO UNBIND A LOT OF THE STAR’S ATMOSPHERE AND EJECT IT OUT” DILLON DONG
upernovae are gigantic stellar explosions that can occur when stars die. These outbursts can briefly outshine all of the other suns in these dying stars’ galaxies, making them visible from halfway across the cosmos. For decades, researchers have known of two main supernova types.
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