Suzaku finds 'fossil' fireballs from supernovae
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 18:28
in Astronomy & Space
Studies of two supernova remnants using the Japan-U.S. Suzaku observatory have revealed never-before-seen embers of the high-temperature fireballs that immediately followed the explosions. Even after thousands of years, gas within these stellar wrecks retain the imprint of temperatures 10,000 times hotter than the sun's surface.