Eclipsing Research
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 21 -- Texas Christian University issued the following news:
TCU astronomer Kat Barger shines a light on the Milky Way's origins
About 4 1/2 billion years ago, at cosmic distances that are difficult to fathom, a star collapsed in on itself and exploded. Within 20 minutes of the core's collapse, a shockwave streamed through the star's surface in a burst of light that shone 130 million times brighter than the sun.
Gravity drew those gas . . .
TCU astronomer Kat Barger shines a light on the Milky Way's origins
About 4 1/2 billion years ago, at cosmic distances that are difficult to fathom, a star collapsed in on itself and exploded. Within 20 minutes of the core's collapse, a shockwave streamed through the star's surface in a burst of light that shone 130 million times brighter than the sun.
Gravity drew those gas . . .