For the first time ever, researchers from Northwestern University and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) watched as a red supergiant star died out and went supernova. In fact, they were able to observe the star during the last 130 days of its life prior to exploding. The massive star, which was about ten. Read more »
For the first time ever, astronomers have imaged in real time the dramatic end to a red supergiant’s life watching the massive star’s rapid self-destruction and final death throes before collapsing into a type II supernova. Led by researchers at No