Posted on 02/11/2019 8:25:46 AM PST by ETL
When dying red giant stars throw off material, dust particles form; those particles are later destroyed by supernova blast waves, which move through space at more than 6,000 miles per second, according to NASA.
Supernova explosions are among the most powerful events in the universe and can produce a brightness equivalent to the light from billions of individual stars, NASA reports, adding that the blast wave from these explosions will destroy almost everything in its path.
Observations from SOFIA — a Boeing747SP jetliner that's been modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope — tell a more mysterious story and show more than 10 times the dust expected.
The new study is based on scientific observations of Supernova 1987A, which was one of the brightest supernovae seen in 400 years when it was found more than 30 years ago. It also has a distinctive set of rings that are part of a cavity formed in an earlier, pre-explosion phase of the star's evolution.
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Here’s the segment on YouTube (2:22 min)
Cosmic dust survives obliteration in massive red supernova, NASA shows in stunning visual
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2DLgBfUHWE
For dust thou art and unto dust thou shall return......................
Physics 101 matter cannot be either created or destroyed. So matter is never destroyed. Not sure what the are trying to say. The dust turned to a gas?
Oh, Noes! That’s going to heat up the whole Universe!
Quick! Throw some taxpayer dollars at ‘Universe Warming’ to make it STOP! (Algore ain’t got nothin’ on the cash I’m going to make from THIS scam!)
*SMIRK*
Quite beautiful and wondrous, actually. ;)
I shot this image of Veil Nebula, it's an old supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. It's the remains of cataclysmic explosion of star that exploded about 7,000 years ago. This nebula is about 1,860 light-years distance from earth.
NASA Video
Published on Feb 24, 2017
This time-lapse video sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals dramatic changes in a ring of material around the exploded star Supernova 1987A.
The images, taken from 1994 to 2016, show the effects of a shock wave from the supernova blast smashing into the ring. The ring begins to brighten as the shock wave hits it. The ring is about one light-year across.
Discovered in 1987, Supernova 1987A is the closest observed supernova to Earth since 1604. The exploded star resides 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation), and P. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g12g2Nq3_2I
Read more: The Dawn of a New Era for Supernova 1987a
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/the-dawn-of-a-new-era-for-supernova-1987a
SUV’s causing massive killer supernovas! Oh noes!
Supernova 1987A ping.
Great image! How long was the time exposure?
I believe this was about 35 images of about 1 minute exposure each, then processed, calibrated, aligned and stacked into what is seen here.
Except for Hillary's blackberry.
Would your dust bunnies survive?
Anthropogenic Galactic Warming.
Again, very nice.
Thanks for posting.
‘Anthropogenic Galactic Warming’
Perfect! I’ll cut you in for 10%. ‘Consulting Fee.’ ;)
Are we sure this isnt Starkiller base being destroyed?
Works for me!
Thanks!
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