Indian astronomers trace rare supernova explosion to WR stars
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This artist s impression shows how the distant quasar P172+18 and its radio jets may have looked. Photo: ESO/M. Kornmesser. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 6 : Tracking a rare supernova explosion, Indian astronomers have traced it to one of the hottest kind of stars, called Wolf-Rayet stars or WR stars.
The rare Wolf-Rayet stars are highly luminous objects a thousand times that of the Sun and have intrigued astronomers for long, the Union Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement on Tuesday.
They are massive stars and strip their outer hydrogen envelope which is associated with the fusion of helium and other elements in the massive core.
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