Scientists announced the explosion of a supernova

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Ученые анонсировали взрыв сверхновой звездыUsually such things happen once in 10 years.

American astronomer, helped discover the remains of a huge, rotating in orbit exploding stars.

Allen Shafter with Martin Henze and the British team of astrophysicists interested in new in located near the galaxy because it erupts more frequently than any other science system. Star M31N 2008-12a is located in the Andromeda Nebula.

Its existence became known astrophysicists in 2008. Star is a white dwarf – the burned-out remnant of a dead star. “When we first found that M31N 2008-12a erupts every year, so we were really surprised,” said Shafter.

Very frequent outbreaks led to the emergence of the remnant that surrounds the star. Due to space, NASA Hubble telescope, scientists have confirmed a connection between the remnants and the new, and determined the chemical components of its membranes.

This means that now the star is approaching the final period of its existence, after which it will explode as supernovae of type Ia. This phenomenon will increase the star is its brightness by 4-8 orders of magnitude with a very slow extinction of the flash.

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