Astronomers from Texas have witnessed the moment a star’s surface is torn apart by a supernova, becoming oblong in the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The explosive death of a star – a supernova – is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious. Scientists ...
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Astronomers Witness the Moment a Fatal Shockwave Bursts Through the Surface of a Star
The observations are the earliest yet of a supernova, revealing in detail the moment that the shockwave obliterated the star.
Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...
Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. For ...
Nowadays, scientists armed with sophisticated telescopes witness many supernovas every year, but they have all been distant ...
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