supernovae
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Physics
Scientists identify flaws in astrophysical models of massive stars and supernovae
Experimental results. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54040-4 An international research team has found evidence that astrophysical models of massive stars and supernovae are inconsistent with observational gamma-ray astronomy. The research team used a new experimental method to study the unstable isotope iron-60. Iron-60 is of interest to astrophysicists because it occurs inside massive stars and is ejected from supernovae…
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Space & Cosmos
Learn more about supernovae through stardust
A pair of presolar particles from the Murchison meteorite. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy Most of the diverse elements in the universe are born from supernovae. We are literally made from the dust of long-dead stars and other astrophysical processes. But the details of how that happens are what astronomers are still trying to understand. How do the…
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