Supernova SN 1006: Cause of brightest stellar event in recorded history illuminated
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:00
in Astronomy & Space
Between 30 April and 1 May of the year 1006 the brightest stellar event ever recorded in history occurred: a supernova, or stellar explosion, that was widely observed by various civilizations from different places on the Earth. More than a thousand years later researchers have found that the supernova of 1006 (SN 1006) probably occurred as a result of the merger of two white dwarfs.