Word: supernovae
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Known as a supernova, the exploded star was first sighted at the end of February by a University of Toronto astronomer working in Chile...
...supernova occurs after a star runs out of fuel to power its burning core and immediately implodes. The energy released during this event rapidly expels the star's outer gases...
...most cases, according to current astronomical theory, the supernova lessens in brightness leaving behind only remnants of the original star...
...This supernova is interesting because it is the nearest one that has gone off since the invention of the telescope," said Professor of Astronomy John P. Huchra, an observational cosmologist...
...first bright supernova since Harvard was founded," said Professor Of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner '70, who studying ultraviolet (UV) light emitted form the bright supernova. The most recent supernova observable from Earth with the naked...