By Melissa Fleur Afshar – Life and Trends Reporter:
Astronomers have used the remains of an ancient, dead star to uncover information about how stars explode and form black holes.
The astronomers reconstructed the makeup of the long-dead star that exploded in a violent supernova more than a million years ago.
Using data collected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers led by Noa Keshet, Ehud Behar and Timothy Kallman of the Goddard Space Flight Center, conducted what they describe as „supernova archaeology.“
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By Melissa Fleur Afshar – Life and Trends Reporter:
Astronomers have used the remains of an ancient, dead star to uncover information about how stars explode and form black holes.
The astronomers reconstructed the makeup of the long-dead star that exploded in a violent supernova more than a million years ago.
Using data collected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers led by Noa Keshet, Ehud Behar and Timothy Kallman of the Goddard Space Flight Center, conducted what they describe as „supernova archaeology.“
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-reconstructs-ancient-dead-star-2052152](https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-reconstructs-ancient-dead-star-2052152)