In A Star's Final Days, Astronomers Hunt 'Signal Of Impending Doom' (IMAGE)

Ohio State University

In A Star's Final Days, Astronomers Hunt 'Signal Of Impending Doom'

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This Large Binocular Telescope image below of the Whirlpool Galaxy, otherwise known as M51, is part of a new galaxy survey by Ohio State University, where astronomers are searching for signs that stars are about to go supernova. The insets show one particular binary star system before (left) and after (right) one of its stars went supernova.

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Image by Dorota Szczygiel, courtesy of Ohio State University.

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