Sentences with phrase «class of exploding stars»

In the 1990s, they recognized that a class of exploding stars called Type Ia supernovas might fit the bill.

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.

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A new class of supernova was discovered by scientists at Berkeley and may be the first example of a new type of exploding star.