We find out what happens when a star uses up all of its fuel
Deep Space
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Why are neutron stars so heavy?
We investigate why this is the case
Deep Space
Are planetary nebulae made by supernovae?
We find out if these beautiful structures are made by the titanic explosion of massive stars
Deep Space
How hot are the atoms in supernovae shock waves?
The nearby supernova SN1987A was the subject of X-ray analysis that has led to this discovery
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Tycho Brahe
Read on to learn more about the peculiar life of the last great naked eye astronomer
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What is an accretion disk?
Often found around a star or black hole, we find out what an accretion disc is
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What does a supernova sound like?
Are these catastrophic explosions really as loud as they look?
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Astronomers gather fresh clues about famous star’s everlasting nature
Researchers suggest that Eta Carinae was originally a three-star system, which is what led it to its unusual behaviour
Deep Space
Hubble spots a supernova’s surviving companion
17 years after the initial supernova, astronomers have photographed its companion star for the first time ever
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Famous exploded star revealed with incredible clarity
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has imaged the intricate and energetic features within the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
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Astronomers discover star that won’t die
Supernovae traditionally occur once at the end of a star’s life, but this particular star has exhibited multiple supernovae over the last three years
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Hubble captures 30th anniversary image of famous supernova
SN 1987A was the closest observed exploding star to Earth since the invention of the telescope
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Tail of stray black hole found hiding in the Milky Way
The new finding marks the beginning of the search for quiet black holes
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Spinning black hole caught gulping down star
The mystery extraordinarily brilliant point of light seen in a distant galaxy has been solved
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Low-mass supernova could have triggered birth of Solar System
About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of gas and dust that eventually formed our solar neighborhood was disturbed
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X-ray telescope witnesses result of violent crash between heavyweight objects
Astronomers now have the best evidence to date that the energetic events known as gamma-ray bursts produce a very narrow beam or jet
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Most luminous, energetic pair of stars found outside Milky Way
The dual-star system produces a cyclic flood of gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light
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Mysterious multiple explosions of supernova decoded by Hubble
In the mid-1800s, astronomers surveying the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere noticed something strange about the star Eta Carinae
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Supernova of 386 CE was too faint to have been witnessed
A new look at the debris from an exploded star in our galaxy has astronomers re-examining when it actually happened
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Hisses from space reveal star’s past life
Astronomers have managed to peer back in time, millions of years before a famous explosion