Artist’s impression of a supernova explosion (Image: Nob3L / stock.xchng)
A SUPERNOVA seen in 2005 may be a new type of cosmic explosion. What’s more, similar explosions may have scattered antimatter throughout our galaxy.
“SN 2005E” exploded in a galaxy 100 million light years away. A team led by at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, has concluded that it does not look like either of the well-known kinds of supernova.
The most frequently observed form is a core-collapse supernova, which happens after a massive young star has formed a large core of iron that…
