Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

When a star explodes, it sends high-energy particles out in all directions. This burst of energy can travel through space for thousands of light-years, traversing solar systems and even galaxies. The ...

Supernovae, categorized as Type I (low hydrogen) and Type II (high hydrogen), produce varying abundances of heavy elements. Type Ia supernovae, resulting from thermal runaway in white dwarfs, are rich ...

A supernova is not just any cosmic explosion, but rather is distinguished as the largest explosion that happens in space. As NASA explains, the blast of a supernova can be so violent that it creates a ...

Type Ia supernovae are stellar explosions used to measure the universe's expansion. These explosions result from white dwarfs exceeding a critical mass, causing them to reignite and explode. Two ...

An international team of astronomers has conducted detailed multicolor photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2022xlp—a type Iax supernova. Results of the observational campaign, published ...

Supernovae, the explosive deaths of stars, are some of the universe's biggest bursts of energy and light. When they erupt, one supernova can shine even brighter than an entire galaxy. It's a fitting ...

Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material back out into the cosmos either from a slow death like a white dwarf, or from a ...

A supernova is the catastrophic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae, in particular, signal the complete destruction of a white dwarf star, leaving nothing behind. At least that’s what models ...

ILLUSTRATION OF THE MILKY WAY SEEN FROM EARTH WHERE SUPERNOVA ACCELERATES COSMIC RAYS TO HIGH ENERGIES. SOME OF THESE COSMIC RAY PARTICLES ENTERERS THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, WHERE THEY PRODUCE SHOWER ...

Water is the essence of life. Every living thing on Earth contains water within it. The Earth is rich with life because it is ...

When a star explodes, it sends high-energy particles out in all directions. This burst of energy can travel through space for thousands of light-years, traversing solar systems and even galaxies. In a ...