Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Science of the Supernova

A massive star ends its life with a BANG – a supernova - seen on Earth as bursts of energy in the form of light, including ultraviolet, x-rays and gamma rays. But what can we learn by studying these stellar death throes? Jeannie Moulton ventures into a supernova to find out..

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