Astronomical Spot the Difference Finds Exploding Star in Real Time
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Astronomical spot the difference finds exploding star in real time
Citizen scientists make a major discovery by sifting through thousands of images playing stellar spot the difference.Full GOTO-North node under the skies of La Palma. Image: K. Ulaczyk (2024)Citizen scientists playing a game of astronomical ‘spot the difference’ as part of the Kilonova Seekers project have made their first major discovery – an extremely bright exploding star seen in real time.Real-time dataKilonova Seekers is designed to find ne…
Astronomers find proof of double explosion in SNR 0509-67.5 supernova, observed with ESO's VLT in Chile. A key finding for science Not all stars die of a single explosion. This is just demonstrated by an international group of astronomers, who have captured the first visual evidence of a double star explosion in the remnants of the SNR 0509-67.5 supernova, thanks to the power of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), installed in the Atacama Desert in …
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