ScienceCasts: Why Won't the Supernova Explode?

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Stay up to date with NASA Science: https://science.nasa.gov/?utm_source=science&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=2026 A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won't the supernova explode? Although real stars blow up, the best computer models of dying stars do not result in much of a bang. NASA has launched a new observatory named "NuSTAR" to seek out the missing physics of exploding stars.

Published 2012-06-15 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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