Sentences with phrase «twice as a supernova»

A newfound star in a nearby galaxy appears to have cheated death by blowing up at least twice as a supernova.

Not exact matches

Last year he used a novel image - stacking method to discover a supernova more than twice as old as Earth.

Such stars end their brief lives in titanic supernova explosions, so supernovae in Carina must also be twice as frequent as had been assumed until now — and the same might be true for other star - forming regions in our galaxy.

Colored according to x-ray energy intensity, this supernova remnant's bluish shockwave bubble is twice as hot as the mottled gaseous debris expanding behind at 10 million degrees Celsius (more at Astronomy Picture of the Day and CXC).

Stunned astronomers have witnessed a cosmic explosion about 200 times more powerful than a typical supernova — events which already rank amongst the mightiest outbursts in the universe — and more than twice as luminous as the previous record - holding supernova.

On September 18, 2006, astronomer Robert M. Quimby detected the brightest and largest supernova ever recorded by contemporary astronomers, using the ROTSE - IIIb telescope at McDonald Observatory (Robert M. Quimby, 2006; and Katie Humphrey, Austin - American Statesman, May 9, 2007)-- but became second brightest on October 10, 2007 after twice - as - bright Supernova 2005ap (see APOD; and Quimby et asupernova ever recorded by contemporary astronomers, using the ROTSE - IIIb telescope at McDonald Observatory (Robert M. Quimby, 2006; and Katie Humphrey, Austin - American Statesman, May 9, 2007)-- but became second brightest on October 10, 2007 after twice - as - bright Supernova 2005ap (see APOD; and Quimby et aSupernova 2005ap (see APOD; and Quimby et al, 2007).