Computer code gives astrophysicists first full simulation of star's final hours
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 14:42
in Astronomy & Space
BERKELEY, CA -- The precise conditions inside a white dwarf star in the hours leading up to its explosive end as a Type Ia supernova are one of the mysteries confronting astrophysicists studying these massive stellar explosions. But now, a team of researchers, composed of three applied mathematicians at the U.S.