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A star 8,000 light years from Earth is on the verge of a huge supernova explosion, which could produce the Milky Way’s first gamma-ray explosion, a dangerous and extremely energetic event. Australian scientists at the University of Sydney discovered the rare ‘God of chaos’ star, which they say could produce the Milky Way’s first known […]
Enlarge / Kepler was made to find planets, but it’s found other uses. (credit: Kepler) The Kepler planet-hunting telescope was designed to do one thing: gather data from a single portion of the sky often enough to catch rare, brief events. The events it was looking for were slight dips in light that happened as […]
Toy drones have been cheap and plentiful over the past few years, but it’s really hard for new products to stand out from the pack when they need to keep the price down and can’t throw in premium features like a 4K camera. But that hasn’t stopped Spin Master from trying new things with its […]
At 11,000 light-years away, it’s safe to say you won’t be able to visit Cassiopeia A even if private space corporations start selling seats to amateur spacefarers. Thanks to a team of scientists, though, you might be able to see the 300-year-old supernova remnant up close — or even walk inside it. The team used […]
Astronomers are mystified by a strange star explosion in a distant galaxy that might be a relic from an earlier cosmological era. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a0c9849aadb2129c42777e0/master/pass/SupernovaMap_S_2880x1620-2880×1620.jpg Feed: All Latest
Published time: 9 Nov, 2017 15:31 When a star reaches the end of its life, it explodes in one final cataclysmic blast that can shine with the light of 100 million suns for months, before fading into the blackness of space. This was thought to be end awaiting all stars – until now. An international […]
Enlarge / A more typical Type-IIp supernova. (credit: NASA SWIFT) A supernova may be one of the most extraordinary events in the Universe, but the Universe is a very big place, and the extraordinary happens with great regularity. We’ve now observed a huge number of these events and have managed to break them down into […]
Enlarge / When the smaller star finally explodes, its companion will obviously get hit by the debris. (credit: Fermilab) Supernovae are some of the most energetic events in the Universe, sending massive shock waves out into the interstellar medium. And there’s every reason to think those shock waves run into things before they’ve had much […]
As a rule, astronomers believe that stars have to explode in a supernova before they collapse into black holes. That violent death is always the cue, right? Not necessarily. Researchers have spotted a massive star 22 million light years away, N6946-BH1, that appears to have skipped the supernova step entirely — it brightened slightly and […]
Behold swirling storms on Jupiter, a monstrous black hole, and the Milky Way’s galactic bulge. The post Space Photos of the Week: Mystery Supernova Won’t Say Where It’s From appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
