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Exploding Stars are Titanium Factories
If you're a fan of titanium, you should head to the nearest supernova. You'll get more than enough of it.…
The Debris Cloud From a Supernova Shows an Imprint of the Actual Explosion
Computer models are continuing to play an increasing role in scientific discovery. Everything from the first moments after the Big…
An All-Sky X-Ray Survey Finds the Biggest Supernova Remnant Ever Seen
Our sky is missing supernovas. Stars live for millions or billions of years. But given the sheer number of stars…
A New Study Says That Betelgeuse Won’t Be Exploding Any Time Soon
I have stood under Orion The Hunter on clear evenings willing its star Betelgeuse to explode. “C'mon, blow up!” In…
Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Neutron Star Remnant Left Behind from Supernova 1987A
It was the brightest supernova in nearly 400 years when it lit the skies of the southern hemisphere in February…
A New Supernova Remnant Found from an Exploding White Dwarf Star
Astronomers have spotted the remnant of a rare type of supernova explosion. It's called a Type Iax supernova, and it's…
There Should be a few Supernovae in the Milky Way Every Century, but we’ve Only Seen 5 in the Last 1000 Years. Why?
Our galaxy hosts supernovae explosions a few times every century, and yet it's been hundreds of years since the last…
Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed
In the last year, Betelgeuse has experienced two episodes of dimming. Normally, it's one of the ten brightest stars in…
A Supernova Exploded Dangerously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago
In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has had to run the gauntlet. Numerous catastrophes have imperilled the planet, from…
Gravitational waves could show what’s happening inside a star as it’s going supernova
It's kind of hard to see inside a star as it's blowing up, because of the whole "blowing up" part,…