This infrared view of supernova remnant RCW 86 highlights the dusty stays of all that’s left of an historical supernova that’s hundreds of years previous: the earliest documented instance of a supernova seen in our evening sky. It occurs to be a kind Ia supernova, however no surviving companion has ever been discovered. (Credit score: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)
If stars don’t go supernova at first, they’ll get a second likelihood after changing into a white dwarf. However can their companions survive?
In all of the Universe, few occasions are as energetic because the violent, explosive dying of a star or stellar corpse: a supernova. Whereas some supernovae are triggered…
