May 8 2015SavePhysics5/8/15Physics5/8/15Stars Get All Lopsided And Slosh Around Before ExplodingGeorge Dvorsky13SaveStars may be spherical, but that doesn’t mean they explode in a symmetrical and uniform fashion. As a new study…
Jan 7 2014SaveSpace1/7/14Space1/7/14Our first glimpse of the dusty remnants of an exploding starGeorge Dvorsky24SaveSee that reddish cloud inside this supernova's shockwave? It's a massive plume of dust that formed shortly after the…
Jun 10 2011Save6/10/11Extraordinary Hubble Photo Shows a Gigantic Exploding Death Star In Space—or Homer SimpsonJesus Diaz50SaveAstronomers are in awe as they witness the evolution of Supernova 1987A using the Hubble Space Telescope. I don't…
Sep 3 2010Save9/3/10This Is How a Supernova Shockwave LooksJesus DiazSaveSee that pink ring glowing in the middle of space? That's the shockwave of Supernova 1987A hitting a gas ring that…
Sep 3 2010SaveSpace9/3/10Space9/3/10A ring of fire forms around a new supernovaCharlie Jane Anders28SaveA 6-trillion-mile-wide ring of gas encircles a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Supernova 1987A, and the…