Want to watch a star in it’s last moments of glory before it dies? Get a pair of good Binocs and peer in the direction of the Little Dipper tonight and you’ll see a Supernova in action in the Pinwheel Galaxy M101.
And what is a Supernova? When a star that’s about eight to fifteen times more massive than our sun runs out of Hydrogen and Helium, it collapses into itself and then explodes outwards into space. A Supernova can briefly outshine an entire galaxy and radiate more energy than our sun will in it’s entire lifetime! These explosions are the primary source of heavy elements in the Universe.
Like a Firefly in the sky, don’t you think?
So if you want a rare glimpse of heavy duty Creation in action, go beg, borrow or steal those Binoculars!
More details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14833795
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