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Is the Sun Going Into Supernova Mode? We Better Hope Not (Video)
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A blindingly bright star bursts into view in a corner of the night sky — it wasn’t there just a few hours ago, but now it burns like a beacon.
That bright star isn’t actually a star, at least not anymore. The brilliant point of light is the explosion of a star that has reached the end of its life, otherwise known as a supernova.
Supernovas can briefly outshine entire galaxies and radiate more energy than our sun will in its entire lifetime. They’re also the primary source of heavy elements in the universe. According to NASA, supernovae are “the largest explosion that takes place in space.”
Exactly how a star dies depends in part on its mass. Our sun, for example, doesn’t have enough mass to explode as a supernova (though the news for Earth still isn’t good, because once the sun runs out of its nuclear fuel, perhaps in a couple billion years, it will swell into a red giant that will likely vaporize our world, before gradually cooling into a white dwarf). But with the right amount of mass, a star can burn out in a fiery explosion.
A star can go supernova in one of two ways:
- Type I supernova: star accumulates matter from a nearby neighbor until a runaway nuclear reaction ignites.
- Type II supernova: star runs out of nuclear fuel and collapses under its own gravity.
Source Space.com and YOUTUBE Chris Potter
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