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A supernova refers to the explosion of a star at the end of its lifecycle. When stars die, they cave in on themselves, causing a massive explosion that radiates enormous amounts of heat and energy into space.
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APR 08, 2018Videos
What objects combine giant balls of neutrons, black holes, the search for aliens, and doomed stars? Apparently, a phenom ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
An international team of astronomers are dumbfounded after discovering what appears to be a star that doesn’t want ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers employing the Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) situated on the Gemini North telescope in Haw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Cardiology
NASA’s exploration into the effects of solar storms and supernovas on astronauts in space gives new meaning to the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we understand the basic concept behind supernovae to be the final energetic stage of stellar life, there are a ton ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While attempting to learn more about the history of the early universe, astronomers studied the metallicity distribution ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2017Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Half of a millennium ago, two young stars (dubbed protostars) located in the in the Orion constellation were gravitation ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2017Videos
When a ball is bounced on the ground, it will travel to a certain height depending on what kind of ball it is, its size ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Pulsars are one of the things astronomers have a hard time understanding. We have a pretty good idea of what they are, b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2017Videos
Did you know that gold actually comes from the stars? Well, it technically comes from the explosion of a star - a supern ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
Because it’s costly and difficult to always have the amount of computational power scientists need to run data che ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2018
Videos
What objects combine giant balls of neutrons, black holes, the search for aliens, and doomed stars? Apparently, a phenom
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
An international team of astronomers are dumbfounded after discovering what appears to be a star that doesn’t want
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers employing the Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) situated on the Gemini North telescope in Haw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Cardiology
NASA’s exploration into the effects of solar storms and supernovas on astronauts in space gives new meaning to the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we understand the basic concept behind supernovae to be the final energetic stage of stellar life, there are a ton
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While attempting to learn more about the history of the early universe, astronomers studied the metallicity distribution
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Half of a millennium ago, two young stars (dubbed protostars) located in the in the Orion constellation were gravitation
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2017
Videos
When a ball is bounced on the ground, it will travel to a certain height depending on what kind of ball it is, its size
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pulsars are one of the things astronomers have a hard time understanding. We have a pretty good idea of what they are, b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2017
Videos
Did you know that gold actually comes from the stars? Well, it technically comes from the explosion of a star - a supern
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Because it’s costly and difficult to always have the amount of computational power scientists need to run data che
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard