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Astronomers Discover a Supernova/Gamma Ray Burst Hybrid

John — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:24:12 +0000

Just when we thought we were beginning to understand what supernovae and gamma ray bursts were all about. Astronomers have just uncovered the true nature of what they thought was a regular supernova observed in...

Universe Sandbox: Mimicing the Creator, simulating the creation!

Siddhesh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:59:46 +0000

Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulation that enables the users to create the whole of an astronomical universe of their own. Here they can ‘create’ planets and moons out of the spatial debris, explode stars, cause the Big...

1868 Supernova Youngest in the Milky Way Discovered

Andrew — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:25:03 +0000

Astronomers have found the remains of the youngest supernova, or exploded star, in the Milky Way Galaxy. The supernova occurred in 1868, but was hidden behind a thick veil of gas and...

Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old

AP — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:11:23 +0000

Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old.The scientists, who announced their findings Wednesday, used a radio observatory in New Mexico and NASA’s Chandra X-ray...

Unseen neighbor might be slowing RCW 103 neutron star

Jolly — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:17:56 +0000

When stars more than eight times the size of Sun have consumed all their fuel reserves they end their lives in an enormous explosion termed as Supernova. After a supernova the top layers of the star are forcefully thrown out into space at...

Distant galaxy hosts dual supernova in quick succession

Jolly — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:29:58 +0000

NASA’s Swift satellite has shown two supernova events in quick succession. This is the first time that such an event has been recorded so close in time. The blasts occurred in a galaxy called MCG +05-43-16, which is located 380...

Death of a Massive Star

Anshu — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:19:40 +0000

On Wednesday astronomers declared about the two explosions that occurred in the year 2004 and 2006 in a galaxy at million light years from Earth. These explosions result in the death of one of the most gigantic stars. Scientists described this...

Astronomers simulate Supernova Explosion of a White Dwarf

Jolly — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:45:12 +0000

Astronomers have tried to explode a virtual Earth-sized star in a 3-D simulation model. Finally these researchers have succeeded in developing a 3D simulation that has revealed the step-by-step process that fuels such an explosion. Such...

An unconventional black-hole explosion discovered, astronomers again in a loop

Pankaj — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:16:46 +0000

Black holes have captured our imagination and become the source of many science fiction stories and scientists have always tried to solve one or the other mysteries related to the issues of Black Hole. Scientists now believed that they know a big...

Supernova Screams In the Space!

Irani — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:30:01 +0000

Sound might drive supernovae explosions! This is no fairy tale or a Hollywood fiction on the universe. Scientists have made this astonishing discovery. Dying stars pulse at audible frequencies - for instance, at about the F-note above middle C -...