Tunguska Mystery Solved Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Researchers from Cornell University have confirmed that the mysterious Tunguska explosion was caused by a comet. In 1908...
The Crab Supernova Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The nebula was first observed...
Premature Supernovae Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 - Janice Karin Researchers at the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have come to a conclusion as to why some Type Ia...
Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 18:51:50 - Anuradha Menon
A flash of light that blinded even small telescopes six months ago was the brightest astronomical explosion ever observed - visible to the naked eye...
Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that may have produced a...