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This animation shows the explosion of a white dwarf, an extremely dense remnant of a star that can no longer burn nuclear fuel at its core. In this "type Ia" supernova, white dwarf's gravity steals material away from a nearby stellar companion. When the white dwarf reaches an estimated 1.4 times the current mass of the Sun, it can no longer ...
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An extraordinary Egyptian meteorite apparently formed in the wake of a rare Type Ia supernova, the type of explosion that revealed the existence of dark energy. | IFLScience
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😨 Is this the sharpest view of a Supernova explosion ever!? — mf outshone its entire galaxy for a few seconds. In 2014, astronomers witnessed SN 2014J, a Type Ia supernova in the Cigar Galaxy (M82) — just 11.4 million light-years away. 🔭 This was the closest Type Ia blast in 40 years, caused when a white dwarf stole too much material from its companion star and detonated. 💡 Light Echo: The explosion’s light bounced off giant interstellar dust clouds 300–1,600 light-years away, creating a glow
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😨 Is this the sharpest view of a Supernova explosion ever!? — mf outshone its entire galaxy for a few seconds. In 2014, astronomers witnessed SN 2014J, a Type Ia supernova in the Cigar Galaxy (M82) — just 11.4 million light-years away. 🔭 This was the closest Type Ia blast in 40 years, caused when a white dwarf stole too much material from its companion star and detonated. 💡 Light Echo: The explosion’s light bounced off giant interstellar dust clouds 300–1,600 light-years away, creating a glow
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We often talk about Type Ia supernovas: This is the 'classic' explosion where a dense, dead star (a white dwarf) pulls in too much material from a companion star. It gets too heavy, hits a critical limit, and explodes, completely obliterating itself. These are the "standard candles" we use to measure the universe. ​But what if the explosion... fails? ​Scientists have discovered a weaker, 'failed' version of this explosion, called a Type Iax supernova. ​In this case, the explosion is powerful, bu
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We often talk about Type Ia supernovas: This is the 'classic' explosion where a dense, dead star (a white dwarf) pulls in too much material from a companion star. It gets too heavy, hits a critical limit, and explodes, completely obliterating itself. These are the "standard candles" we use to measure the universe. ​But what if the explosion... fails? ​Scientists have discovered a weaker, 'failed' version of this explosion, called a Type Iax supernova. ​In this case, the explosion is powerful, bu
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Type Ia Supernovae - NASA Science
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SN 2015F was a Type Ia supernova that erupted in the galaxy NGC 2442 about 80 million light-years away. Using daily images from a robotic 17-inch telescope in Australia, astronomers tracked the explosion over months. Evidence suggests it likely involved a white dwarf interacting with a companion star before detonating in a thermonuclear runaway. #Supernova #SN2015F #Astronomy #SpaceScience | SpaceEve
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• Supernova SN2015f in Host Spiral Galaxy NGC 2442 9.1.2019 • Sit back and watch a star explode. The actual supernova 50 million years ago but images of the spectacular event began arriving 7 years ago. Supernova 2015F was discovered in nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2442 by Berto Monard in 2015 March and was unusually bright -- enough to be seen with only a small telescope. The pattern of brightness variation indicated a Type Ia supernova -- a type of stellar explosion that results when an Earth-size
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• Supernova SN2015f in Host Spiral Galaxy NGC 2442 9.1.2019 • Sit back and watch a star explode. The actual supernova 50 million years ago but images of the spectacular event began arriving 7 years ago. Supernova 2015F was discovered in nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2442 by Berto Monard in 2015 March and was unusually bright -- enough to be seen with only a small telescope. The pattern of brightness variation indicated a Type Ia supernova -- a type of stellar explosion that results when an Earth-size
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SN 2015F was a Type Ia supernova that erupted in the galaxy NGC 2442 about 80 million light-years away. Using daily images from a robotic 17-inch telescope in Australia, astronomers tracked the explosion over months. Evidence suggests it likely involved a white dwarf interacting with a companion star before detonating in a thermonuclear runaway. #Supernova #SN2015F #Astronomy #SpaceScience | SpaceEve
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An extraordinary Egyptian meteorite apparently formed in the wake of a rare Type Ia supernova, the type of explosion that revealed the existence of dark energy. | IFLScience
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