This allowed the international team to determine that the explosion was a Type IIb supernova: the explosion of a massive star that had previously lost most of its hydrogen envelope, a species of
exploding star first observationally identified by Filippenko in 1987.
Not exact matches
The
first phrases talk about creating the Heavens and the Earth and yet the Earth didn't exist until ~ 9 billion years after the «Heavens», in fact couldn't have existed until a few generations of
stars burned and
exploded.
He began at Davidson as a slightly - built player's son,
exploded as a national mid-major
star, blossomed into a sensational young NBA shooter, and finally peaked to nearly everyone's surprise as the league's
first - ever unanimous MVP.
«Amateur astronomer captures rare
first light from massive exploding star: First observation of optical light from shock breakout in a supernova explosion.&r
first light from massive
exploding star:
First observation of optical light from shock breakout in a supernova explosion.&r
First observation of optical light from shock breakout in a supernova explosion.»
The supernova, known as SN1987A, was
first seen by observers in the Southern Hemisphere in 1987 when a giant
star suddenly
exploded at the edge of a nearby dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The event was the
first direct sighting of a smashup of neutron
stars, which are formed when aging
stars explode and leave behind a neutron - rich remnant.
Astronomer Melina Bersten and her colleagues at the Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata in Argentina soon learned of the serendipitous discovery and realized that Buso had caught a rare event, part of the
first hour after light emerges from a massive
exploding star.
Cass A (1680): This
star exploded nearly unnoticed, with only a possible identification by John Flamsteed, England's
first Astronomer Royal.
First, a massive
star exploded as a supernova, blasting its debris out into space.
Astronomers have caught a
star exploding just hours after light from the eruption
first reached Earth.
This year, he discovered his
first supernova, or
exploding star.
At
first glance this
exploding star had all the features of a type Ia supernova, which happens when a small, dense white dwarf
star steals material from an orbiting companion and then
explodes.
The detection of dust in the early Universe provides new information on when the
first supernovae
exploded and hence the time when the
first hot
stars bathed the Universe in light.
The implication: Some
first - generation or progenitor
stars exploded evenly, as expected, but others must have somehow held onto iron during their death throes while allowing lighter metals to spread out into space.
Heavier elements — including nitrogen, oxygen, iron, carbon and more — were forged in the nuclear furnaces at the cores of those
first stars, then spewed into interstellar space when the
stars exploded.
Astronomers have observed for the
first time the thunderclap of x-rays that announces a
star has
exploded into a supernova.
A group of scientists led by researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a rich inventory of molecules at the centre of an
exploded star for the very
first time.
«Cosmic «dust factory» reveals clues to how
stars are born: Scientists find new molecules within remnants of an
exploded star for the very
first time.»
«Hubble captures
first - ever predicted
exploding star.»
For the
first time, a «shock breakout» in an
exploding supergiant
star was discovered at visible wavelengths.
MAUNA KEA, HI — Astronomers have for the
first time spotted four images of a distant
exploding star, arranged in a cross-shape pattern by a powerful gravitational lens.
They came from
first - generation
exploded star debris.
This is the
first time that the impact of an
exploding star on its neighbour has been witnessed.
A new class of supernova was discovered by scientists at Berkeley and may be the
first example of a new type of
exploding star.
This is Supernova 1987A, an
exploding star that
first became visible in February 1987.
This is the
first map of radioactivity in a supernova remnant, the blown - out bits and pieces of a massive
star that
exploded.
Blair's not the
first person to find existential enlightenment at the end of an amateur detective tale, but he might be the
first to piece one together from cussing octogenarians, ninja
stars, Google montages, gallons of Big Red soda, upper - deckers, friendly raccoons,
exploding body parts, and the idiocy of humanity.
Director Macon Blair's not the
first person to find existential enlightenment at the end of an amateur detective tale, but he might be the
first to piece one together from cussing octogenarians, ninja
stars, Google montages, gallons of Big Red soda, upper - deckers, friendly raccoons,
exploding body parts, and the idiocy of humanity.
Universal's inspirational tale of Olympic and World War II hero Louis Zamperini, based on Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller and
starring Jack O'Connell,
exploded for an estimated $ 15.6 million in its
first day.
A faithful adaption of Marvel's comic book property in spirit if not in tone (we'll get to that in a bit),
first - time feature director Tim Miller and producer /
star Ryan Reynolds's long - in - gestation love - child is a unique, welcome entry into a genre about to
explode in what some would argue is over-population.
Fans of the series should thank their lucky
stars that Johnny Depp didn't jump ship after the
first «Pirates of the Caribbean»
exploded at the box office (the actor isn't very fond of commercial success), because without him, «Dead Man's Chest» would have been a complete bore to sit through.
On my
first try, the crawfish juice
exploded on my shirt and glasses, but before long I got the hang of it and I was pulling, squeezing and sucking as if I was the
star of a seafood - lover's fetish film.
Recently, the blogosphere
exploded with the news that SWISS appeared to release
First Class award space to
Star Alliance partners.
* NR,
first reported in nuclear rest mass data for every nucleus with two or more neutrons [Journal of Fusion Energy 19 (2001) 93 - 98], powers the Sun and causes heavy nuclei and massive
stars to fragment (fission,
explode):