Sentences with phrase «as supernovae act»

But in February, scientists discovered that stellar explosions known as supernovae act like particle accelerators, boosting protons» speeds enough to turn them into cosmic rays.

Not exact matches

Spectacular as they are, these resurrections are just the prelude to the final act, when the undead star will go supernova, finally obliterating itself as it outshines our entire galaxy.

In finding that the universe is on a path to runaway expansion, you had to find type Ia supernovae, which can act as distance markers.

Their brightness is so consistently intense that supernovae have been used as «standard candles» or gauges, acting as yardsticks indicating astronomical distances.

The «Local Bubble» of low - density, hot and ionized gas, is actually part of a tube - like chimney that extends through the local region of the spiral disk into the surrounding galactic halo, and so may can act as a vent for the energetic hot gas produced by supernovae (more).