Image Credit: R. Hahn; Inset: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A Flash in the Pan: Exploding Star Shines Bright, Fades Fast
While most supernovae studied to date brighten and fade over a period of weeks, a handful are known to evolve much quicker. KSN2015K reached its maximum brightness in 2 days and faded to half that in only 7 days. To explain the rapid evolution, the discovery team, which includes NOAO astronomers Alfredo Zenteno and Chris Smith, has argued that the star bumped into itself in the explosion!
Read more in Notre Dame Press Release.
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DECam Community Science Workshop 2018: Science Highlights, Coming Opportunities, LSST Synergies.
May 21-22, 2018
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A Runaway Star in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The discovery was made using the CTIO 4-m Blanco telescope. Read more in Lowell Observatory press release. -
New Chapter Begins for Kitt Peak Telescope: Over the next 15 months, the telescope will prepare for the installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. -
New Stellar Streams Confirm ‘Melting Pot’ History of the Galaxy: View & Share the Trailer Video. Read more in NOAO Press Release 18-01. -
Rivers in the Sky: Some of the new stellar streams discovered by the Dark Energy Survey have been named by Chilean children for bodies of water close to home (Lea en español). -
Peering back in time, to when the Universe was only 5% of its current age, astronomers have spotted the most distant supermassive black hole discovered yet. Read more in NOAO Press Release 17-07. -
Interstellar interloper 1I/2017 U1, recently spotted streaking through the Solar System, provides an up close look at an object from another planetary system.
