Sentences with phrase «as supernova 1987a»

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SHINE BRIGHT Supernova 1987A shone as a brilliant point of light near the Tarantula Nebula (pink cloud) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as pictured from an observatory in Chile.

Before 1987A, astronomers thought that only puffy red stars known as red supergiants could end their lives in a supernova.

A ring of hot spots (in images from the Hubble Space Telescope) gradually lit up as a shock wave from supernova 1987A plowed through a loop of gas that had been expelled by the star tens of thousands of years before the explosion.

At first, astronomers suspected that 1987A was a class of supernova known as type 1a — the detonation of a stellar core left behind after a star like the sun quietly sheds gas at the end of its life.

The spectacle, 169,000 light - years away in a galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, may shed light on the nature of the original explosion, a supernova known as 1987A, as well as on its surroundings.

In one early meeting, astronomy writer Christopher Crockett lit up as he told the story of the night supernova 1987A was discovered.

Thirty years after its explosion was observed on Earth, supernova 1987A is still visible, as seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image from January.

At its brightest, Supernova 1987A glowed as intensely as the stars in the Big Dipper constellation.

At 7:30 p.m. March 23, he will present «Supernova 1987A: Thirty Years Later» at the Marjorie Barrick Museum as part of the University Forum lecture series.

NASA (Shock rings around Supernova 1987A)-- larger image While primordial supernovas created much of the heavier elements such as iron found in the Solar System, Sol orbits the galactic core without frequent crossings of the spiral arms where life - threatening supernovas are more common.