Cosmoview Episode 100: International Gemini Observatory and SOAR Discover Surprising Link Between Fast X-ray Transients and the Explosive Death of Massive Stars (horizontal) (VIDEO)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

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Using a combination of telescopes, including the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, and the SOAR telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The observations reveal that these bright blasts of X-rays may be the result of a ‘failed’ explosive death of a massive star.

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International Gemini Observatory/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Image processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) Acknowledgment: PI: J. Rastinejad (Northwestern University) Motion graphics: Mik Garrison Music: Fundamental Uncertainty - Mik Garrison

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