A new method to measure the temperature of atoms during the explosive death of a star will help scientists understand the shock wave that occurs as a result of this supernova explosion. An international team of researchers, including a Penn State scientist, combined observations of a nearby supernova remnant--the structure remaining after a star's explosion--with simulations in order to measure the temperature of slow-moving gas atoms surrounding the star as they are heated by the material prope...
A new method to measure the temperature of atoms during the explosive death of a star will help scientists understand the shock wave that occurs as a result of this supernova explosion. An international team of researchers, including a Penn State scientist, combined observations of a nearby supernova remnant--the structure remaining after a star's explosion--with simulations in order to measure the temperature of slow-moving gas atoms surrounding the star as they are heated by the material prope...
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