D-Bone
Nov 22nd '06, 12:45 PM
Stars are blowing themselves to smithereens more often than usual in galaxy NGC 1316. Astronomers have stumbled onto two supernovae letting loose there just months apart, in addition to two previous mega-blasts in the last 26 years.
That makes the rate of exploding stars in NGC 1316 many times higher than any other known galaxy.
The recent twin supernovae were detected by the NASA Swift satellite observatory on June 19 and Nov. 5 of this year. In the images, the supernovae are visible on either side of the bright galaxy center.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/11/22/firecracker_spa.html?category=space&guid=20061122111530&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000
That makes the rate of exploding stars in NGC 1316 many times higher than any other known galaxy.
The recent twin supernovae were detected by the NASA Swift satellite observatory on June 19 and Nov. 5 of this year. In the images, the supernovae are visible on either side of the bright galaxy center.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/11/22/firecracker_spa.html?category=space&guid=20061122111530&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000