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Geologists know the date of the supernova explosion

Analysis of sediments in the ocean confirmed that a supernova explosion about 2.7 million years ago suspiciously coincided with the era of global cooling. Only a few million years ago, 300 light years from Earth, the supernova exploded. Our ancestors probably admired her a bright flash in the sky which …

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Russian astronomers have recorded flash 2 supernova

These heavenly bodies are in different galaxies, and their brightness exceed the sun billions of times. News published photos taken by the astronomers, who managed to photograph the two galaxies of stars billions of times brighter than the Sun. A supernova of stars seen in galaxies the Dragon and the …

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As the supernova explosions of stars affect human health

Supernova explosions cause cancer.An international team of astrophysicists has discovered the effects of the explosion of two supernovae in the Solar system on the human body. It could affect the increase in the incidence of cancer, said the scientists. Recent astrophysical research has helped scientists confirm the hypothesis that the …

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Novosibirsk astronomer captured a supernova explosion

Astronomer photographed a supernova, which is located in the constellation Big dipper. It was open in March 2016, but managed to photograph her just now. The credit for this belongs to the young scientist from Novosibirsk Evgeny Tikhonov. With the equipment of the local planetarium, he was able to obtain …

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Avicenna described in 1006 the supernova

Among the texts of Avicenna in “the Book of healing” they managed to find a fragment that describes the flash of a star SN 1006. The medieval Persian scientist Avicenna in 1006 observed the explosion of a supernova in the constellation of the Wolf and wrote a report about it …

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