The question is, where did it go? Our Sun is a bit of an isolated nomad. Orbiting in one of the Milky Way's spiral arms, it takes us on a journey around the galaxy roughly once every 230 million ...
Although it may be impressive and lead to blindness, it won't be a factor in damaging our planet ... Is it about to go supernova? So what makes all those X-rays, gamma rays and cosmic rays ...
In a recent paper, published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, our team ... end in a supernova explosion. For example, in the 1840s, Eta Carinae—a star 100 times larger than the sun—experienced ...
Researchers have determined that SN 2014cx was a Type IIP supernova. The “Type II” classification means that the exploding star was a supergiant at least eight times as massive as the Sun. The “P” ...
The star, Sol, which is 2,000 times the size of our sun and has been dubbed the ... a tell-tale sign the star is ready to go supernova. “We are excited because this may be related to the ...