Scientists have measured for the first time the speed of jets launched by neutron star "vampires" as they feast on victim stars. The breakthrough connects these jets to thermonuclear blasts.
Scientists have measured for the first time the speed of jets launched by neutron star vampires as they feast on victim stars. The breakthrough connects these jets to thermonuclear blasts.
On October 9, 2022, telescopes in space picked up a jet of high-energy photons careering through the cosmos toward Earth, evidence of a supernova exploding.
In a spectacle on October 9, 2022, Earth s protective ozone layer faced an assault when telescopes detected the aftermath of a record-breaking supernova explosion 1.9bln light-years away.