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"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...
Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...
What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive capabilities are of a supernova. As in, what does a supernova produce?
University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...
Learn how gravity and mass are pulling two stars into tighter, faster orbit around each other, with an explosive collision ...
A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...
The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...
Sure, we all know about the asteroid impact that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs, but did you know that the Earth ...