Gravitational waves could show what’s happening inside a star as it’s going supernova

Gravitational waves could show what’s happening inside a star as it’s going supernova
By Paul M. Sutter

It’s kind of hard to see inside a star as it’s blowing up, because of the whole “blowing up” part, but gravitational waves – tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime itself – may help astronomers unlock how the biggest stars die. It takes a lot of raw energy to power a supernova. When the …

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September 7, 2020 at 07:52PM
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