Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Looking way back in time


Not exactly sure how they did this (maybe I should read the paper, but I'm not certain I'd understand it) but astronomers figured out that the 1006 supernova was caused by two white dwarf stars slamming together.  This research made the cover of Nature magazine.

It was the brightest star explosion ever witnessed.

This is what's left over.


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