The Hubble Space Telescope has allowed us to watch
the explosive death of massive stars, study the remnants they left behind, and witness newborn stars arising from clouds of gas and dust.
Now a new theory holds that cosmic rays are born in the shock waves following
the explosive deaths of massive stars.
Not exact matches
This evidence supports the theory that GRBs result from a «hypernova,» the
explosive death of a very
massive star that collapses and forms a black hole.