I think that this is a really cool article because they are informing us that new things are happening out in the outer space faster than we have ever seen. Also, scientists are learning new things about 1a type supernovas and how they occur and why they occur.
September 4, 2011
Star goes boom, telescopes zoom
Felipe C. -- August 24, telescopes at the Palomar Observatory in southern California took a picture of a white dwarf star that is 21 million light-years away. Mark Sullivan an astronomer from the University of Oxford said “We think we found it probably 12 hours after it exploded” “The amazing thing for me is, that supernova exploded 21 million years ago. And we just happened to open up the telescope on the telescope on that Wednesday night, and in came the photons.” Scientist classify this supernova as a 1a supernova and they say that’s is so incredible that soon after this supernova was born we were able to see it, and it is something that has never happened before the last 1a supernova that we saw happen a couple of decades ago. This 1a supernova occurred because white dwarf stars gain weight, from materials destroyed by a similar star.
I think that this is a really cool article because they are informing us that new things are happening out in the outer space faster than we have ever seen. Also, scientists are learning new things about 1a type supernovas and how they occur and why they occur.
I think that this is a really cool article because they are informing us that new things are happening out in the outer space faster than we have ever seen. Also, scientists are learning new things about 1a type supernovas and how they occur and why they occur.
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