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A spinning magnetar twists space-time itself, causing the disk of material around it to wobble and produce the ultra-bright flashes of this peculiar kind of supernova. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — For ...
For decades, planetary scientists have believed that the early solar system was enriched with short-lived radioactive elements —such as aluminum-26—by a nearby supernova. These radioactive elements ...