Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 06:00
in Astronomy & Space
An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf onto another and detonates in a thermonuclear explosion...
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