The Energy Of 10 Million Suns: An Impossibly Bright Dead Star
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 08:02
in Astronomy & Space
A once-in-a-century supernova, dubbed SN2014J, in a the nearby galaxy Messier 82 - the Cigar Galaxy - 12 million light-years away has spotted a pulsating dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. The object, previously thought to be a black hole because it is so powerful, is in fact a pulsar - the incredibly dense rotating remains of a star. read more