Friday, May 11, 2012

Super Big Bang



  • " Super novas are stars that burst into brilliance due to sudden, violent changes are called cataclysmic variables.They include novas and supernovas. a nova occurs when a white dwarf star in a binary star system pulls hydrogen gas of its companion. The gas builds up until there is a nuclear explosion."(Hughes and Kerrod 2006:144)
  • A super nova carries lots of nuclear energy,more than the sun is expected to have in its entire lifespan.
  • A  supernova can expel up to up to as much as or all of a stars material at a velocity of up to 10% of the speed of light driving a shock wave into the surrounding a interstellar medium.
  • Super novas can go up to 90 billion degrees Fahrenheit.
  • A supernova's explosion causes a stars outer layers to blast off in space then create a black hole.
  • Supernovae are so strong that they can give more energy than the sun can in 1 billion years!
  • After a supernova star's core is so compact and its gravity is so strong that the core gets crushed into a tiny point turning the star into a black hole.Some can have more mass than the sun! 
Super Nova explosion

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