News tagged with stellar explosion
Computer code gives astrophysicists first full simulation of star's final hours
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The precise conditions inside a white dwarf star in the hours leading up to its explosive end as a Type Ia supernova are one of the mysteries confronting astrophysicists studying these massive stellar explosions. But now, ...
Milky Way's super-efficient particle accelerators caught in the act
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Thanks to a unique "ballistic study" that combines data from ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of the Milky Way's particle ...
A new class of dim supernovae
Jun 05, 2009 |
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The colossal stellar explosions called supernovae come in many kinds and flavours. Some of them are produced when a massive star reaches the end of its life in a sudden gravitational collapse. Astronomers ...
Stellar Explosion Displays Massive Carbon Footprint
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While humans are still struggling to get rid of unwanted carbon it appears that the heavens are really rather good at it. New research by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has discovered that a ...
Dissecting a stellar explosion
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, ...
