An SGR near Sgr A*
The centre of our galaxy, in the constellation of Sagittarius, harbours a gigantic black hole. Astronomers refer to it, in shorthand, as Sgr A* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*). Last year...
View ArticleA Missing-Link in the Supernova-GRB Connection
A diverse range of engines power supernovae. National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have released a joint press release about our resent work...
View ArticleWhat made the youngest supernova remnant in the galaxy?
A supernova obviously. But what made the supernova? Thermonuclear supernovae are very well studied. They have even been used to measure the expansion of the universe. But we still don’t know what these...
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