Day 55: The celestial drama of paired stars

Today I got the chance to write for Universe Today about a new study in the journal Science. The gist of the study is that astronomers have seen, for the first time, confirmation that massive stars — around nine times or more the mass of our sun — die in massive supernova explosions. Β This is [...]

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Tempest In A Teleconference

Last week I was working on a story for National Geographic News about the discovery of the most recent supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The story posted on May 14, and you can find it here: Youngest Supernova in Milky Way Found. There was ample material available for reporting the story: a press release [...]

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