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Showing posts with label new type of supernova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new type of supernova. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova


Previously it was thought that supernova typically have one of two main scenarios. But a team of astronomers, including Wendy Friedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson of Carnegie, reported the discovery of a new type of supernova, called type 1ah.

Astronomers used to divide supernova into two main categories: type 1a supernova and supernova occurring core-collapse. Supernova, accompanied by collapse of the core,