It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.
Some 350 years after a supernova, its shockwave reaches interstellar space and causes clouds of gas and dust to glow. Scientists have probed the remains of a star that died in a violent supernova and ...
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Scientists may have witnessed a star tearing itself apart
In a series of observations that read like science fiction, astronomers now suspect they have watched a star quite literally ...
(NEW YORK) — The “brilliant flash” that occurs when a star dies and explodes has been captured for the first time in visible light by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, according to NASA’s Ames Research ...
"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova remnant that had not been observed before." When you purchase through links on ...
A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar system — if it weren't protected by a cocoon of molecular gas. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
Some 350 years after a supernova, its shockwave reaches interstellar space and causes clouds of gas and dust to glow. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Jacob Jencson (Caltech/IPAC) Scientists have ...
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