NASA captures super-NOVA explosion

November 17th, 2009 No Commented

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NASA has captured 12.4 mile wide object Super Nova. This infant neutron star was so hot that a carbon atmosphere just 10 centimeters thick was formed when the nuclear fusion happened on its surface.

Researches has found that the source is a neutron star 11,000 light years from Earth at the center of the supernova Cassiopeia A.

This neutron star which is discovered is just 330 years ago old and the youngest object. Neutrons are composed of no electric charges and are held tightly due to gravitational force. Take one teaspoonful of neutron star particles and it would weigh a billion tonnes.

The revelation of neutron star may help the scientist to discover the role exploding stars play in building the universe.

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