Astronomers Discover New Type of Stellar Explosion Called Micronovae
Discovery could challenge what we know about how thermonuclear explosions occur in stars
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Stellar Collision Triggers Supernova Explosion
Astronomers have found dramatic evidence that a black hole or neutron star spiraled its way into the core of a companion star and caused that companion to explode as a supernova
Study: Exploding Stars May Have Caused Mass Extinction on Earth
Killer cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could be the culprit behind at least one mass extinction event, researchers said
Scientists Build Machine That Mimics a Supernova in the Lab
Getting the machine to produce results useful for studying nature took two and a half years of engineering adjustments
Nuclear Pasta, the Hardest Known Substance in the Universe
Computer simulations of neutron stars could help better understand the possible sources of gravitational waves
Astronomers Witness Birth of New Star from Stellar Explosion
Unlike most stellar explosions that fade away, Supernova SN 2012au continues to shine today thanks to a powerful new pulsar
3D Simulations Illuminate Supernova Explosions
"Our simulations are only a first step toward truly realistic 3D simulations of supernova."
NuSTAR Helps Untangle How Stars Explode
For the first time, an international team of astrophysicists, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, have unraveled how stars blow up in supernova explosions.
Physicist's Spectroscopic Camera Captures Day-Old Supernova
With the help of a special spectroscopic camera developed by a Texas Tech University physicist, researchers at Caltech and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network captured rare images of a star in another galaxy going supernova within a day of the star’s explosion.