Study Challenges the Idea that a Supernova Prompted the Formation of the Solar System
By testing meteorites, a team of scientists discovered that levels of iron 60 were uniform and low in early solar system material, suggesting that that…
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Exploding Star Could Shed New Light on the Nature of Dark Energy
An international team of scientists has conclusively demonstrated a connection between white dwarf stars that fail to completely detonate and a class of oddly dim…
New Image of Supernova Remnant W44
Using combined data, astronomers have created a new image of supernova remnant W44, which is located roughly 10,000 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila….
12 Billion-Year Old Supernova Discovered by Astronomers
Astronomers have discovered a pair superluminous supernovae, which are more than 10 billion years old. The Universe was only 3.75 billion years old back then….
Probable Distance to Remnant of Kepler’s Supernova
Scientists at CfA have taken an important step in determining the distance of the remnant of Kepler’s supernova, concluding that the remnant distance is probably…
Cloud of Hydrogen and Helium Plunging Toward the Galactic Center
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics believe that the recently discovered cloud of hydrogen and helium plunging toward the galactic center represents the shredded…
Video and Sound Help Turn Astronomical Data into Art
Alex Parker, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Institute for Theory and Computation, incorporated sound and audio to astronomical images to create…
Scientists Use Light from an Exploding Star to Study Distant Galaxy
A recently published study details how scientists used light from an exploding star as a probe to study the gas conditions in the space between…
The First-Ever Direct Observations of a Type 1a Supernova Progenitor System
Using data from the Palomar Transient Factory Real-Time Detection Pipeline, astronomers were able to verify and document the first-ever direct observations of a Type 1a…
Binary Star QU Carinae, A Possible Supernova Progenitor
Using sodium gas signatures, which have been recognized as being associated with type Ia supernovae, a team of scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science…
Astronomers Detect X-rays from the Remains of Supernova SN 1957D
After 8 and a half days of observations of the spiral galaxy M83, astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory detected X-rays from the remains of…
Computer Simulation Shows Correlation of Gravitational Waves and Neutrino Signals
Scientists at the Caltech believe a computer simulation will help researchers interpret the information that detectors collect about neutrinos and gravitational waves from supernovae and…
NuSTAR to Scan Supernovas and Help Improve Computer Simulations
Using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astrophysicists will scan debris from supernovas to better understand how they work and use that information to figure out…
NuSTAR Set to Study Some of the Most Energetic Phenomena in the Universe
NASA’s NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13, providing researchers with sharp images of black…
Supernova Shock Wave Breaks Through a Cocoon of Gas
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain why some supernova explosions are more powerful than others, supporting the idea that some of…
Study Confirms Two Different Sources for Type Ia Supernovae
A newly published study from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics details two models supporting the origin of Type Ia supernovae, finding that both the…
Origins of Type Ia Supernovae
While studying SN 2011fe and using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA’s Swift satellite, researchers were able to provide new insights into the origins of…
Hubble Telescope Image of Eta Carinae
Above is the image of Eta Carinae taken by NASA’s Hubble Telescope. The field of view is approximately 30 arcseconds across and consists of ultraviolet…