Why Won't the Supernova Explode?
Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 01:50
in Astronomy & Space
A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won't the supernova explode? Although real stars blow up, the best computer models of dying stars do not result in much of a bang. NASA has launched a new observatory named "NuSTAR" to seek out the missing physics of stellar explosions.