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Goodness gracious, this great ball of fireand
by "fire," we mean vast wisps of interstellar gasesis the youngest known
remnant of a star explosion in the Milky Way, our home galaxy. |
A giant red star (right) blowing gas
onto a white dwarf star caused an explosion so violent that it could be seen 8,000
trillion miles away on Earth without a telescope on Feb. 12, 2006.
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THIS SUPERNOVA JUST WON'T FADE AWAY
Scientists have found that a star that exploded in 1979 is as bright today in X-ray light
as it was when it was discovered years ago, a surprise finding because such objects
usually fade significantly after only a few months.
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Three mysterious debris rings
surrounding Supernova 1987A were formed during an ancient two-star merger that eventually
led to an enormous stellar explosion, a new computer model suggests. |
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Brightest Known Supernova Detected
National Geographic - October 15, 2007 |