Wednesday, September 10, 2014

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Companion star hidden for 21 years in a supernova's glare

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 10:07 AM PDT

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a companion star to a rare class of supernova, known as a Type IIb. The discovery confirms a long-held theory that the supernova, dubbed SN 1993J, occurred inside what is called a binary system, where two interacting stars caused a cosmic explosion.

First evidence for water ice clouds found outside our solar system

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 08:07 AM PDT

A team of scientists has discovered the first evidence of water ice clouds on an object outside of our own Solar System. Water ice clouds exist on our own gas giant planets -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune -- but have not been seen outside of the planets orbiting our Sun until now.

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