Evidence for Supernovas Near Earth

Source - NASA Science News for August 26, 2014

A NASA sounding rocket has confirmed that the solar system is inside an ancient supernova remnant. Life on Earth survived despite the nearby blasts.

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Supernovas Slosh Before Exploding

Source - NASA Science News for Feb. 19, 2014

New data from a NASA X-ray observatory shows that the cores of supernovas probably slosh around before detonating. This helps solve a longstanding mystery about how massive stars explode.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/19feb_slosh/

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.

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ScienceCasts: Superflares

Source - ScienceAtNASA: May 19, 2011

Something is exploding in the Crab Nebula ten billion times more powerful than a solar flare. These "superflares" are baffling astronomers who haven't yet figured out the source of the blasts.



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Why Won't the Supernova Explode?

Source - NASA Science News for January 7, 2010

NASA is building a new space telescope named "NuSTAR" to answer a question that has been vexing astrophysicists for decades: Why won't the supernova explode?

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