Discovery Reveals How Gamma-Ray Emissions from Stellar Explosions are Produced
By using radio telescopes from across Europe and America, an international team of astronomers has been able to see into the heart of an exploding…
Stellar Explosion
Hubble Reveals a New Kind of Stellar Blast Called a Kilonova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed a new type of stellar explosion called a kilonova. Kilonovas are about 1,000 times brighter than a nova, but they…
Spectra Creates Doubt on Cause of Eta Carinae Stellar Explosion
One hundred and seventy years ago, astronomers thought that a series of explosions on the surface of η Carinae were the beginning of a supernova,…