Sentences with phrase «briefly outshine»

When it does, it will briefly outshine every other star in the sky.

Short gamma - ray bursts are cousin to long gamma - ray bursts, which are displays of enormous amounts of energy that last for more than two seconds and briefly outshine other energy sources before fading.

This dumps apocalyptic quantities of energy into the surroundings: A supernova can briefly outshine an entire galaxy.

Supernovas happen when huge stars run out of fuel and collapse, creating an explosion that can briefly outshine their host galaxy.

Supernovae are exploding stars that are so bright they can briefly outshine their host galaxies.

Other stellar explosions called gamma - ray bursts can also briefly outshine the stars, but the explosive black - hole merger sets a mind - bending record, says Kip Thorne, a gravitational theorist at Caltech who played a leading role in LIGO's development.

Supernova 2005ap (bottom) briefly outshines its whole galaxy and several neighboring galaxies (A-D) after appearing in a sky survey.

Just as in sports, astronomical records are made to be broken, and the latest one is a doozy: a supernova that briefly outshone the sun by a factor of 100 billion, doubling the brilliance of the previous record holder.

When a massive star runs out of fuel, it can collapse onto itself and create a spectacular explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy, dispersing vital elements into space.

A quasar is a compact region with a supermassive black hole at its centre, heated to such an extent that it emits massive amounts of energy — briefly outshining the galaxy in which it resides.

Not exact matches

In fact, it would briefly turn into a special kind of quasar that outshines all the stars in the galaxy.