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Astronomers Just Found 72 Stellar Explosions, but Don’t Know What’s Causing Them
Universe Today ^ | 9 Apr, 2018 | Matt Williams

Posted on 04/10/2018 7:50:37 PM PDT by MtnClimber

A supernova is one of the most impressive natural phenomena in the Universe. Unfortunately, such events are often brief and transient, temporarily becoming as bright as an entire galaxy and then fading away. But given what these bright explosions – which occur when a star reaches the end of its life cycle – can teach us about the Universe, scientists are naturally very interested in studying them.

Using data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova (DES-SN) program, a team of astronomers recently detected 72 supernovae, the largest number of events discovered to date. These supernovae were not only very bright, but also very brief – a finding which the team is still struggling to explain. The results of their study were presented on Tuesday, April 3rd, at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.....

As noted, these events were very peculiar in that they had a similar maximum brightness compared to different types of supernove, they were visible for far less time. Whereas supernova typically last for several months or more, these transient supernovae were visible for about a week to a month. The events also appeared to be very hot, with temperatures ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 °C (18,000 to 54,000 °F).

They also vary considerably in size, ranging from being several times the distance between the Earth and the Sun – 150 million km, 93 million mi (or 1 AU) – to hundreds of times. However, they also appear to be expanding and cooling over time, which is what is expected from an event like a supernova. Because of this, there is much debate about the origin of these transient supernovae.

(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; darkenergy; science; supernova
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21 posted on 04/10/2018 8:45:40 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Awesome! Nice post.


22 posted on 04/10/2018 8:47:44 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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Promo for Infinity War


23 posted on 04/10/2018 8:53:10 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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We are clearly in need of common sense Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator laws!
24 posted on 04/10/2018 8:57:09 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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25 posted on 04/10/2018 9:13:02 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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Thanks MtnClimber.



26 posted on 04/10/2018 9:21:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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God is starting to clean up/ start over.


27 posted on 04/10/2018 9:24:49 PM PDT by Revel
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Astronomers Just Found 72 Stellar Explosions, but Don’t Know What’s Causing Them

The Q Continuum is at war again.


28 posted on 04/10/2018 9:34:00 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Gas. Stellar gas. Sounds like they need major Pepto Bismol up there.


29 posted on 04/10/2018 10:05:55 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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Easy. The “Big Bang Theory” in action. Bakes Beans in Space.


30 posted on 04/10/2018 10:45:24 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Seventy-two short-term super-Novae Discover have gravity cosmologists and astronomers baffled. Electric Universe Cosmologists already know why. Novae are an electrical phenomena. We’ve even seen cyclic repetiting Novae which in the normal gravity driven Universe is not possible, at all. —Electric Universe PING!


Clear Example of a Birkeland Current
"Z" Pinch with Symmetrical Plasmids
seen in Hubble Telescope View of
The Butterfly Nebula
ELECTRIC UNIVERSE PING!

If you want on or off the Electric Universe Ping List, Freepmail me.

31 posted on 04/10/2018 10:56:06 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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Bombs big enough to take out a solar system!

Life as a biological unit is quite tenuous. However, life as a non-biological unit is probably a contradiction in terms.

No offense intended to any AI...


32 posted on 04/11/2018 12:59:58 AM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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Predators in the Dark Forest eliminating possible competitors. We are likely on the list.


33 posted on 04/11/2018 2:24:25 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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I was going to say His mom just called him home for dinner.


34 posted on 04/11/2018 2:26:14 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Nice!


35 posted on 04/11/2018 3:06:50 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Bookmark.


36 posted on 04/11/2018 3:12:56 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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Interesting that they would wonder what caused these explosions, but not wonder what caused the Universe.


37 posted on 04/11/2018 4:32:44 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left. PS. f*ck the media.)
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It is MCCAIN.


38 posted on 04/11/2018 4:57:30 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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Global warming has gone universal, now Gore can sell tin hats too.


39 posted on 04/11/2018 5:49:59 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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It's mandatory


40 posted on 04/11/2018 9:44:47 AM PDT by pa_dweller (When we're truly living in 'Idiocracy' will we know it?)
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