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Type I supernova. Artwork

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-snv99-10004

Image Size 300 DPI: 10 * 15 cm

Gas captured from a close companion star accumulates on the surface of a white dwarf star. The added pressure creates turbulence in the star's core and triggers a thermonuclear explosion.

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Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - DWARF - EVOLUTION - EXPLOSION - ILLUSTRATION - RED GIANT - STAR - SUPERNOVA - TYPE I - WHITE DWARF -