Evolution of a turbulent flame and transition to a detonation in a methane-air mixture. Credit: Alexei Y. Poludnenko, Jessica Chambers, Kareem Ahmed, Vadim N. Gamezo,…
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G299 was left over by a particular class of supernovas called Type Ia. Astronomers think that a Type Ia supernova is a thermonuclear explosion –…
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIKEN & GSFC/T. Sato et al; Optical: DSS In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object…
Supernovae bombarded Earth with cosmic energy starting as many as 8 million years ago, with a peak some 2.6 million years ago, initiating an avalanche…
Artist’s concept illustrating Supernova 1987A as the powerful blast wave passes through its outer ring and destroys most of its dust, before the dust re-forms…
This is an artist representation of the hypernova. The interaction of the jet with the outer layers of the star forms a cocoon that surrounds…
Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. NASA/CXC/SAO; NASA/CXC/E.Jiang Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way, is the remains of a star that exploded…