Sunday, June 8, 2014

New Supernova Likely Arose From Massive Wolf-Rayet Star

New Supernova Likely Arose From Massive Wolf-Rayet Star:

M1-67 is the youngest wind-nebula around a Wolf-Rayet star, called WR124, in our Galaxy.   Credit: ESO

M1-67 is the youngest wind-nebula around a Wolf-Rayet star, called WR124, in our Galaxy. Credit: ESO
They’ve been identified as possible causes for supernovae for a while, but until now, there was a lack of evidence linking massive Wolf-Rayet stars to these star explosions. A new study was able to find a “likely” link between this star type and a supernova called SN 2013cu, however.

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