By looking at light from distant exploding stars called supernovas, in 1998, astronomers discovered the universe isn’t just …
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A colorful, festive image from NASA shows different types of light containing the remains of not one, but …
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Astronomers at Caltech have used a machine learning algorithm to classify 1,000 supernovae completely autonomously. The algorithm was …
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Space
Red-Supergiant Supernova Images Reveal Secrets of the Early Universe
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAn international research team led by the University of Minnesota has measured the size of a supernova that …
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When a star explodes (a supernova), it sends its intense burst of light out in all directions that …
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Space
Astronomers Spot Quadruple Stars That May Spark Supernova Explosions
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA quadruple star system discovered in 2017 and recently observed at the University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory …
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Combining images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope over more than 20 years, a team of UA researchers …
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An international group of astronomers led by Benjamin Thomas of the University of Texas at Austin has used …
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Was the Earth showered with radioactive debris from a series of massive supernova explosions between 3.2 and 1.7 …
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Mistaken Identity: A Presumed Supernova Is Actually Something Much Rarer
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn a case of cosmic mistaken identity, an international team of astronomers revealed that what they once thought …