Team preps to study dark energy via exploding stars with NASA's Roman
The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the ...
Supernova simulations show that low-mass star in binary system J0453+1559 could be a neutron star
In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...
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A Supernova From Deep Space May Have Altered Evolution on Earth Forever, Scientists Say
A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ supernova may be responsible for this evolutionary event. Although the study doesn’t confirm this ...
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Mysterious cosmic lights turn out to be 2 undiscovered supernova remnants
"When a star dies, it can explode in a supernova, causing a strong shock wave and forming an interstellar object called a supernova remnant," wrote an international team of scientists in a paper ...
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'Earth at risk': Could a Supernova’s blast ever reach and destroy us? Here's what we know
When Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, eventually goes supernova—likely within the next 100,000 years—the night sky will light up as if a second sun appeared ...
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Cosmic radiation from supernova altered virus evolution in Africa, study proposes
Illustration of a supernova X-ray blast wave. (Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss) Lead author Caitlyn Nojiri is now applying for graduate school and hopes to get a Ph.D. in astrophysics. Isolated by mountains ...