Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 14:49
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf onto another and detonates in a thermonuclear explosion.