Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of a core-collapse Type IIP supernova ...
Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an "extremely stripped supernova." In a paper published today in Nature, Steve Schulze of ...
Core-collapse supernovae denote the violent deaths of massive stars, typically above eight solar masses, triggered when iron core fusion ceases and collapse ensues. The rebound of infalling layers, ...