Violent collision of massive supernova with surrounding gas powers superluminous supernovae
Monday, November 28, 2016 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
In a unique study, an international team of researchers including members from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) simulated the violent collisions between supernovae and its surrounding gas— which is ejected before a supernova explosion, thereby giving off an extreme brightness.