Giant stars die a violent death. After a life of several million years, they collapse into themselves and then explode in what is known as a supernova.
How these stars explode remains a mystery. However, recent work led by Michigan State University may bring some answers to this astronomical question. (more…)
*For his discoveries about the lives and deaths of stars, the exotic physics of black holes and the origin of chemical elements, UA Regents’ Professor David Arnett has been honored with the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship.*
What happens when a star dies? How does a black hole form? What makes the chemical elements that form the building blocks of stars, planets and living beings?
Those are the kinds of questions that have fascinated David Arnett, a Regents’ Professor at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, from an early age. (more…)
