Mystery on source of supernova in nearby galaxy solved
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery on the type of star, or so-called progenitor, that caused a supernova in a nearby galaxy. The finding yields new observational data for pinpointing one of several scenarios that trigger such outbursts.