When White Dwarfs Collide
How tides, mergers and thermonuclear explosions forge and disperse iron across the Universe Type Ia supernovae are…
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Decoding the Mysteries of Heavy Element Formation in the Cosmos
The notion that heavy element formation predominantly stems from supernovae or neutron star mergers is frequently relayed,…
What are pulsars?
To work out what pulsars are, we must go back to massive stars exploding as supernovae, and…
Introducing IceCube
Built in one of the most extreme environments on Earth, IceCube is the largest neutrino telescope in…
Unveiling the Astrophysical Origins of the Elements: what are the major upcoming surveys?
The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO), Euclid, NGRST, JWST and LISA are only some of the ambitious projects…
Chemical enrichment of our galaxy by thermonuclear supernovae
A recent study about the role of supernovae originating from exploding white dwarfs shed more light on…
SN 1000+0216: the most distant supernova ever observed
Among the ten most important discoveries of the last decade, at the 10th place we find SN…
Unveiling the Universe with Cosmic Fireworks: Type Ia Supernovae
Definitely among the most powerful stellar explosions in the Universe, Type Ia supernovae are actual Earth-size space…