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Surprised astronomers find new type of star explosion

A micronova is by far the least powerful type of star explosions now known - less energetic than a blast called a nova in which a white dwarf's entire surface blows up and tiny compared to a supernova that occurs during the death throes of some giant stars ....

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Surprised astronomers find new type of star explosion — a micronova

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star. ....

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Astronomers find previously unknown 'micronova'

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a “micronova” involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star.
The researchers on Wednesday said that a micronova is by far the least powerful type of star explosions now known less energetic than a blast called a nova in which a white dwarf’s entire surface blows up and tiny compared with a supernova that occurs during the death throes of some giant stars.
Micronovae are observed from Earth as bursts of light ....

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Surprised astronomers find new type of star explosion: a micronova

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star. ....

United States , City Of , United Kingdom , Paul Groot , Simone Scaringi , University Of Cape Town , Durham University , Radboud University , Cape Town , South African Astronomical , European Southern Observatory , Chile Based Very Large Telescope ,