Object intermediate between normal supernovae and gamma-ray bursts found
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 13:14
in Astronomy & Space
A European-led team of astronomers are providing hints that a recent supernova may not be as normal as initially thought. Instead, the star that exploded is now understood to have collapsed into a black hole, producing a weak jet, typical of much more violent events, the so-called gamma-ray bursts...
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