The triple-ring nebula around SN 1987A: fingerprint of a binary merger.

Supernova 1987A, the first naked-eye supernova observed since Kepler's supernova in 1604, defies a number of theoretical expectations. Its anomalies have long been attributed to a merger between two massive stars that occurred some 20,000 years before the explosion, but so far there has been no...

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Main Authors: Morris, T, Podsiadlowski, P
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2007