Caught: The Mini-Explosion 40 Days Before A Supernova
Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 11:10
in Astronomy & Space
Before they go all-out supernova, some large stars undergo a sort of mini-explosion - cosmically speaking - which throws massive amounts of material into space. Though several models predict this behavior and evidence from supernovae point in that direction, observations of such pre-explosion outbursts are rare. read more