JWST Unlocks New Clues in the Crab Nebula
Today’s authors used the powerful JWST to explore the heart of the Crab Nebula in infrared light, uncovering new details about its structure, composition, and the supernova explosion that created it.
It’s gonna blow! Chasing the next Milky Way supernova
Today’s authors analyze a star that may soon explode!
Black Hole, Why Don’t You Come Over? White Dwarf Supernova!
The origin of dim supernovae known as Ca-rich transients is still not well-understood. Could it be that these rare events are set off by an encounter between a white dwarf and a primordial black hole?
UR: Matching Supernova Progenitors to their Fingerprints
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, Mckenzie Ferrari compares real optical supernova spectra to models to identify their progenitors.
Guide to Transient Astronomy
Transients are some of the most variable and most explosive objects in our universe. We’ve got a great overview about all different types of transients in this guide!
A Beginners Guide to Predicting Supernovae
If the light from supernovae travels at, unsurprisingly, the speed of light (which really is the upper limit here), how can we predict them? Time travel, is that you? Spoiler alert: it isn’t. It’s neutrinos.