Science news articles about 'supernovae'NC State astrophysicist discovers youngest known supernova in Milky Way
... waves and high energy X-rays that supernovae emit, enabling us to “see” even ... us and this object, people would have seen this supernova as a new star in the constellation Sagittarius in the years ... A scientific first: A supernova explosion is observed in real time
... the Swift observations may help researchers to correct the model.
Now that they have observed a supernova from the pre-explosion stage, the scientists are not only gaining a better understanding of ... Scientists See Supernova in Action
A paper being published in Nature recounts the rare observation of a star’s eruption into cataclysmic explosion known as a supernova.Scientists Hold Seance for Supernova
Astronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted
apart in a supernova explosion long ago.W28: A Mixed Bag of Supernova Remnant
... "supernova remnants") expand into the surrounding environments. There are several different types, or categories, of supernova remnants. One of these is known as a mixed-morphology supernova remnant.Forgotten supernova is found again
SYDNEY, June 10 (UPI) -- Australian astronomers using the European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton have rediscovered an ignored supernova.Ultraviolet Glow Betrays Impending Supernova [News]
... ultraviolet portion of the spectrum for several hours before blowing itself apart in a supernova. The researchers believe the finding represents the earliest visible sign of an imminent supernova--a ... Powerful nearby supernova caught by web
... hemisphere, which is not as widely monitored as the northern. Among the five nearest supernovas of the last 25 years, it is the only one that was not seen shortly after the explosion.
SN 1996cr was ... Infrared echoes give NASA's Spitzer a supernova flashback
... , but no one noticed. The Spitzer find gives astronomers a second chance to study the supernova as it unfolds.
Although the explosion originally escaped detection, its aftermath -- a hot, expanding ... Infrared echoes give Spitzer a supernova flashback
... . and Richard Arendt of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, say these echoes are powered by radiation from Cassiopeia A supernova shock wave that blew the star apart some 11,000 years ago...Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova classified
... history of astronomy, Tycho Brahe's supernova of 1572 (SN 1572), first identified more than 400 years ago, is a normal type Ia supernova, according to research published in the current (4 December ... NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking time bomb
... bursts occur on a neutron star, which is the collapsed remnant of a massive star that exploded in a supernova. The neutron star belongs to a binary system that can be described as a ticking time bomb. ... Ultra-dense galaxies found in early universe
... a billion to a billion years old, and that the most massive stars had already exploded as supernovae.
“In the Hubble Deep Field, astronomers found that star-forming galaxies are small,” said Marijn ... Searching the heavens
... on some of the most extreme astrophysical processes in nature - including pulsars, remnants of supernovae, and supermassive black holes. It could even help us comprehend the origin and distribution of ... Astronomers discover new type of pulsating white dwarf star
... dwarfs of all, the remnants of stars slightly too small to end their lives in a supernova explosion.
After these new carbon white dwarfs were announced, Montgomery calculated that pulsations in ...
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NC State astrophysicist discovers youngest known supernova in Milky Way
... waves and high energy X-rays that supernovae emit, enabling us to “see” even ... us and this object, people would have seen this supernova as a new star in the constellation Sagittarius in the years ...A scientific first: A supernova explosion is observed in real time
... the Swift observations may help researchers to correct the model. Now that they have observed a supernova from the pre-explosion stage, the scientists are not only gaining a better understanding of ...Scientists See Supernova in Action
A paper being published in Nature recounts the rare observation of a star’s eruption into cataclysmic explosion known as a supernova.Scientists Hold Seance for Supernova
Astronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted apart in a supernova explosion long ago.W28: A Mixed Bag of Supernova Remnant
... "supernova remnants") expand into the surrounding environments. There are several different types, or categories, of supernova remnants. One of these is known as a mixed-morphology supernova remnant.Forgotten supernova is found again
SYDNEY, June 10 (UPI) -- Australian astronomers using the European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton have rediscovered an ignored supernova.Ultraviolet Glow Betrays Impending Supernova [News]
... ultraviolet portion of the spectrum for several hours before blowing itself apart in a supernova. The researchers believe the finding represents the earliest visible sign of an imminent supernova--a ...Powerful nearby supernova caught by web
... hemisphere, which is not as widely monitored as the northern. Among the five nearest supernovas of the last 25 years, it is the only one that was not seen shortly after the explosion. SN 1996cr was ...Infrared echoes give NASA's Spitzer a supernova flashback
... , but no one noticed. The Spitzer find gives astronomers a second chance to study the supernova as it unfolds. Although the explosion originally escaped detection, its aftermath -- a hot, expanding ...Infrared echoes give Spitzer a supernova flashback
... . and Richard Arendt of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, say these echoes are powered by radiation from Cassiopeia A supernova shock wave that blew the star apart some 11,000 years ago...Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova classified
... history of astronomy, Tycho Brahe's supernova of 1572 (SN 1572), first identified more than 400 years ago, is a normal type Ia supernova, according to research published in the current (4 December ...NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking time bomb
... bursts occur on a neutron star, which is the collapsed remnant of a massive star that exploded in a supernova. The neutron star belongs to a binary system that can be described as a ticking time bomb. ...Ultra-dense galaxies found in early universe
... a billion to a billion years old, and that the most massive stars had already exploded as supernovae. “In the Hubble Deep Field, astronomers found that star-forming galaxies are small,” said Marijn ...Searching the heavens
... on some of the most extreme astrophysical processes in nature - including pulsars, remnants of supernovae, and supermassive black holes. It could even help us comprehend the origin and distribution of ...Astronomers discover new type of pulsating white dwarf star
... dwarfs of all, the remnants of stars slightly too small to end their lives in a supernova explosion. After these new carbon white dwarfs were announced, Montgomery calculated that pulsations in ...