New type of supernova detected as stellar corpse kills companion star

Astronomers have spotted a new type of supernova for the very first time. An unlucky star seems to have prematurely exploded after colliding with an extremely dense object, perhaps a black hole or a neutron star, creating a unique signature in the sky.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

New type of supernova detected as stellar corpse kills companion star

Astronomers have spotted a new type of supernova for the very first time. An unlucky star seems to have prematurely exploded after colliding with an extremely dense object, perhaps a black hole or a neutron star, creating a unique signature in the sky.

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Yike!

There have been a large number of “new types of supernovae” discovered in the past. Particularly amongst those designated II-P and II-L, and those specifically designated peculiar ‘pec’.

But this really is new.