Scientists theorized 2021aefx was specifically composed of carbon and oxygen, a result that is consistent with a broader class of supernovae known as type 1a supernovae. “Using JWST, we wanted to see ...
When normal stars like the Sun run out of fuel, they collapse into white dwarfs. These dense stellar corpses are the last stage of development for low and medium mass stars.
The graduate physicist from the University of Berkeley came to Coonabarabran, NSW, so he could use the Anglo-Australian Telescope to track down a rare cosmic phenomenon called type 1A supernovae.
"The supernova was named 'supernova Hope' since it gives astronomers hope to better understand the universe’s changing expansion rate." Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have ...