Researchers Explore Potential Star System in Milky Way Which Can Burst Into Supernova

Chris K

Chris K

Chris K
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A team of researchers have found that a quadruple star system – known as HD 74438 – could represent a new channel by which thermonuclear supernova explosions can occur in the universe. In their study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, they have shown that the gravitational effects of the outer binary system are changing the orbits of the inner binary, maki...

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