New Stellar Danger to Planets Identified by NASA s Chandra inferse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inferse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Supernova X-rays zap planet atmospheres, 160 light-years away earthsky.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from earthsky.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The threat has been identified in the blast wave generated by the exploding stars, which produce a large dose of X-rays that reaches Earth-like planets.
if a supernova’s blast wave happens to strike dense surrounding gas, it can produce massive doses of X-rays that can severely damage the atmospheres of planets up to 160 light-years away.
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a phase during which intense X-rays from exploded stars can affect planets over 100 light-years away.