Explosion of Monster Star Requires New Supernova Mechanism

[Michael]

Explosion of Monster Star Requires New Supernova Mechanism - SpaceRef

"Everything about this supernova looks different -- its change in brightness with time, its spectrum, the galaxy it is located in, and even where it's located within its galaxy, said Dr. Edo Berger, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and an author on the paper. "We sometimes see supernovas that are unusual in one respect, but otherwise are normal; this one is unique in every possible way."

There's always gotta be that one weird exception to the rule.....

 

[Brightmoon]

That’s because we truly don’t live in a clockwork universe. I find this stuff fascinating even though it’s not my field

 

[Michael]

It's the exceptions to the rules that I find to be the most interesting. Events like this simply do not seem to follow the ordinary patterns at all. Something like this tends to generate a lot of head scratching and it demonstrates that our understanding of events in space is still pretty limited.