For the past 30 years astronomers have been watching in minute detail the after-effects of a star’s spectacular death. When a large star reaches the final moments of its life …
A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won’t the supernova explode? Although real stars blow up, the best computer models of dying stars do not result in much of a bang. …
This time-lapse video sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals dramatic changes in a ring of material around the exploded star Supernova 1987A. The images, taken from 1994 to 2016, …
The video begins with a nighttime view of the Small and Large Magellanic clouds, satellite galaxies of our Milky Way. It then zooms into a rich star-birth region in the …
more at “Describes the recent discovery of the supernova SN 1987A on February 23, 1987. NASA scientists explain how natural nucleosynthesis (formation of heavy elements) occurs when a supernova is …
¿Fue la estrella de Belén una Supernova como lo creyó Johannes Kepler? Las Supernovas producen destellos de luz intensísimos que pueden durar desde semanas a varios meses y se caracterizan …
To some there is no vision more reassuring: the cycles of the sun and the moon, the heavens ceaselessly turning. The night sky is unchanging and eternal — Or so …
There has been a lot of excitement this month about the supernova in the distant galaxy M82. It is the closest supernova in many years, despite the fact that it’s …