UV Observation Provides Rare Insight into Supernova
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
A team of Weizmann Institute and Caltech scientists recently had the rare opportunity to observe a supernova in progress by using the Swift Telescope's UV, gaining unprecedented insight into why stars that go supernova explode in the first place. This is particularly crucial when it comes to 1a supernovae, used to measure distance in the universe.