Thursday, 24 March 2016

Astronomers are slowly figuring out why ‘standard candle’ supernovae explode

supernova head
One of the more recent finding of astronomy is that stars, as far apart as they are, really like to form pairs. These so-called “binary star systems” are everywhere, and as new evidence comes in we’re beginning to see that binary systems may be just as common as the “regular” kind; for instance, about half…

from ExtremeTechExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/225351-astronomers-are-slowly-figuring-out-why-standard-candle-supernovae-explode

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