Scientists catch a white dwarf star in the act of exploding into a nova
Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 17:01
in Astronomy & Space
It’s not every day you get to see a star go nova. Scientists at Warsaw University Observatory in Poland have managed to catch a binary star system both before and after its explosive flash. The findings, described in the journal Nature, confirm a long-held theory about novae known as the hibernation...