Veiled supernovae provide clue to stellar evolution

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 10:17 in Astronomy & Space

At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova. By comparing observation results to simulation models, an international research team found that in many cases this explosion takes place inside a thick cloud of circumstellar matter shrouding the star. This result completely changes our understanding of the last stage of stellar evolution.

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