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Supernova Outshines OthersUsing a variety of Earth and space telescopes, astronomers found a giant exploding star that they figure has shined about five times brighter than any of the hundreds of supernovae ever seen before. The discovery was first made last September by a graduate student in Texas. The star, SN2006gy, is 150 times the mass of the sun. Unlike other exploding stars, which peak at brightness for a couple of weeks at most, it peaked for 70 days.
1. What is a Supernova?
Supernovas are when stars run out of gases to burn on wich causes it to explode.
ReplyDeleteAnother kind of exploding start can be a gamma ray burst which happens every second a day and can melt and dry the earth with one hit.
ReplyDeleteWell as far as I know a supernova is when a star gets old and blows up, but this is quiet an event!
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