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Supernova Candidate Stars May Signal “Impending Doom”
[/caption] This past year has given both backyard and professional astronomers a rare treat - a very visible supernova event.…
Cygnus X – A Cosmic-ray Cocoon
[/caption] Situated about 4,500 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus is a veritable star factory called Cygnus X... one…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – The Progenitor Problem
[/caption] With so much of our current understanding of the universe based on Type 1a supernovae data, a good deal…
Antique Stars Could Help Solve Mysteries Of Early Milky Way
[/caption] Utilizing ESO's giant telescopes located in Chile, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have been examining "antique" stars. Located…
Different Supernovae; Different Neutron Stars
[/caption] Astronomers have recognized various ways that stars can collapse to undergo a supernova. In one situation, an iron core…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Orphan Supernovae?
[/caption] For some years now astronomers have been scratching their heads over the appearance of supernovae that detonate out in…
New NASA Mission Hunts Down Zombie Stars
[/caption] Neutron stars have been classed as "undead"... real zombie stars. Even though technically defunct, the neutron star continues to…
Did A Supernova Shape Our Solar System?
[/caption] Away in space some 4.57 billion years ago, in a galaxy yet to be called the Milky Way, a…
Space Telescopes Provide New Look at 2,000 Year Old Supernova
[/caption] What caused a huge explosion nearly 2,000 years ago, seen by early Chinese astronomers? Scientists have long known that…
Missing Black Holes
[/caption] As astronomers began working out how stars die, they expected that the mass of remnants, whether white dwarfs, neutron…