Supernova Reveals Secrets to Texas-led Team of Astronomers

April 27, 2022 • by Staff Writer

The discovery improves understanding of the process of how massive stars live and die.

A drawing with labels shows a supernova with arrows shows shock and reverse shock motions

This schematic shows the various ejecta and winds (red and purple) given off by the exploding star (left, yellow). The common-envelope disk (blue) surrounds both stars, the one exploding as a supernova and its binary partner (not shown). The boundary layer around the common-envelope disk is the source of the hydrogen the team detected.


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