Thursday, December 5, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Fledgling supernova remnant reveals neutron star's secrets

Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:14 PM PST

Astronomers have identified the glowing wreck of a star that exploded a mere 2,500 years ago — the blink of an eye in astronomical terms.

Explosive growth of young star

Posted: 04 Dec 2013 06:14 AM PST

A star is formed when a large cloud of gas and dust condenses and eventually becomes so dense that it collapses into a ball of gas, where the pressure heats the matter, creating a glowing gas ball -- a star is born. New research shows that a young, newly formed star in the Milky Way had such an explosive growth, that it was initially about 100 times brighter than it is now.

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