The remarkable remains of a recent supernova
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Astronomers estimate that a star explodes as a supernova in our Galaxy, on average, about twice per century. In 2008, a team of scientists announced they discovered the remains of a supernova that is the most recent, in Earth's time frame, known to have occurred in the Milky Way.