The impact of an ancient comet that had come hurtling through the cosmos created a component which was subsequently used as the centerpiece of King Tut’s brooch. But there has been debate as to how exactly this event created the glass. Now scientists from Australia and Austria think they have the definitive answer.
Researchers say that the stone's composition has never been observed before, and their main hypothesis involves a type Ia supernova, one of the brightest phenomena in the universe.
An extraterrestrial stone found in the Egyptian desert almost three decades ago could be the first piece of evidence found on Earth of a rare supernova explosion, a group of researchers has proposed.
New chemistry 'forensics' indicates that the stone named Hypatia from the Egyptian desert could be the first tangible evidence found on Earth of a supernova type Ia explosion. These rare supernovas are some of the most energetic events in the.