Supernova secret revealed as astronomers witness star’s final moments

Astronomers from Texas have witnessed the moment a star’s surface is torn apart by a supernova, becoming oblong in the ...
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Supernova’s Asymmetric Blast, Radiation‑Eating Fungi, and Solar Storm Jet Recall

When a massive star goes supernova, its explosion must be a perfectly spherical fireball at least, that’s been the theoretical assumption for the last several decades. However, recent observations ...