Saturday, June 16, 2012

Why Won't the Supernova Explode?

Source - NASA Science News for June 15, 2012

A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won't the supernova explode? While real stars blow up, computer models of massive dying stars do not result in much of a bang. NASA has launched a new observatory named "NuSTAR" to seek out the missing physics of stellar explosions.

The full story can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/15jun_nustar/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVMwwKmF9NA

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