Lurking bright blue star caught: The last piece of a supernova puzzle
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 03:32
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have found evidence of a hot binary companion star to a yellow supergiant star, which had become a bright supernova. Its existence had been predicted by the team. This finding provides the last link in a chain of observations that have so far supported the team's theoretical picture for this supernova.