Later this year, astronomers will begin a new sky survey to look for signs of the stuff
among exploding stars and ancient galaxy clusters.
Not exact matches
By the time Perlmutter began his quest, a number of researchers —
among them supernova guru Robert Kirshner of Harvard — had identified that a class of
exploding stars could light a path through such difficulties.
The observations indicate that iPTF 13dqy was a regular type II supernova; thus, the finding that the probable red supergiant progenitor of this common explosion ejected material at a highly elevated rate just prior to its demise suggests that pre-supernova instabilities may be common
among exploding massive
stars.
Among the new emoji are a
star - struck face, an
exploding head, and a face with a monocle.