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New class of supernovae may have originated from magnetars` creation

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 14:29

Researchers have suggested that new class of supernovae could likely be originating from the creation of magnetars.

How exploding stars and black holes sowed early cosmos with iron

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 15:34

Astrophysicists by detecting an even distribution of iron throughout a massive galaxy cluster can reveal how exploding stars and black holes sowed the early cosmos with heavy elements.

`Post-mortem` gives insight into Kepler`s supernova

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 13:41

An analysis of X-ray observations from the Japan-led Suzaku satellite has concluded that an exploding star observed in 1604 by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler held a greater fraction of heavy elements than the sun.

`Oldest supernovae yet` exploded 12.5 bn years ago

Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 19:46

Astronomers have discovered the oldest supernovae ever detected - two massive stars that exploded 12.5billion years ago.

M dwarf-white dwarf star pair could be parents of Type Ia supernovae

Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 16:03

A new study has shed light on the identity of the “parents” of one of the most important types of supernovae -- the Type Ia, those used as “standard candles” in cosmology studies.

Yellow supergiant stars could be progenitors of supernovae

Last Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 14:24

In their model, the exploding YSG star was a member of a close binary system.

Two supernovae in 30 yrs observed in `The River`

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 16:21

Supernovae can occur at the end of a massive star`s lifetime when its nuclear fuel is exhausted and gravity causes it to collapse on itself.

NASA satellite probes origin of exploding stars

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 12:45

Researchers have shed new light into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae.

UK team to look for universe’s 1st exploding star

Last Updated: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 12:48

The research was made possible by a 2.3 million euro European Research Council grant.

Origin of exploding star discovered

Last Updated: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 19:18

Scientists have unearthed the origin of an important type of exploding stars—Type Ia supernovae.

‘White dwarf’ triggers giant supernovae explosion

Last Updated: Friday, December 16, 2011, 12:37

Some of the brightest known explosions in the universe, type 1a supernovae, are triggered by ancient, dense stars called white dwarfs.

Milky Way`s smallest black holes `don`t exist`

Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2010, 15:20

A new study has revealed that black holes a few times the mass of sun may not exist to begin with.