Historical Events tagged with "stellar evolution"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Discovery of Hottest White Dwarf Recorded
Within the constellation Ursa Minor, astronomers documented H1504+65, a white dwarf featuring the hottest known surface temperature in the universe, reaching an astonishing 200,000 K. This extreme temperature challenges existing theories about stellar evolution and provides insights into the lifecycle of stars. The findings were communicated through various astronomical journals and have sparked ongoing research into the properties of white dwarfs.
Continue ReadingSupernova 1987A Observed in Magnitude
Supernova 1987A, a remarkable astronomical phenomenon, was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy. It was initially spotted by Ian Shelton and Mike W. Guidry on February 23, 1987, when they were observing the supernova using the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. This event was notable for being one of the closest observed supernovae to Earth in over 400 years, at a distance of approximately 168,000 light years. Supernova 1987A provided valuable insights into stellar evolution and the processes involved in a star's explosive death.
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