Cosmic Cataclysms: Death and Afterlife Across the Universe

Cosmic Cataclysms: Death and Afterlife Across the Universe

Stunning stellar explosions occur every second across the cosmos – some observable, most too distant to ever know, all of them fleeting, lasting from seconds to tens of thousands of years. In the age of the universe, these events are brief flashes in the passing of time; for stars it is them gasping for life or their explosive end; in galaxies, local regions can be altered as a consequence. From the perspective of humankind, these transient even…