On Wednesday, researchers announced that they had seen light from a supernova, a dying star that erupted more than 20 million years ago. The discovery explained how the explosion sent elements required for life support to our solar system.
Astrophysicist Avishay Gal-Yam of the Weizmann Institute of Science stated: “We are witnessing the formation of the heavy elements as they occur in the cosmic furnace. We are witnessing it firsthand. This is a truly exceptional chance,”
According to research that was published in the journal Nature, the nearby Messier 101 galaxy is home to the black hole that was created when the star burst.
Massive celestial phenomena known as black holes can be found in the center of almost all big galaxies.
When a supergiant star ages and collapses due to its own weight, strong mass jets are released, which is how they are created.
It can grasp everything in its path due to its extremely strong magnetic attraction.
As to the Reuters report, they noticed that the explosion was still in its early stages.
“Perhaps we will be able in the next few years to say, not for all stars, but maybe for some of them, this star we think, we suspect, it’s going to explode,” Gal-Yam said.
“We believe that a newly generated black hole that wasn’t there before was left behind following the explosion. It’s the explosion’s remains.
