Scientists classify Supernova 1987a in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud as a type II — meaning it resulted from the collapse, and ensuing explosion, of a massive star. Credit: NASA/ESA/P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) It’s easy to forget that stars, just like us, have lifetimes. They’re born, they live, and eventually, they die.Continue reading "The different types of supernovae"
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