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A micronova is by far the least powerful type of star explosions now known - less energetic than a blast called a nova in which a white dwarf's entire surface blows up and tiny compared to a supernova that occurs during the death throes of some giant stars
A newly discovered type of stellar explosion could help us better understand thermonuclear outbursts on dead stars.
Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star.
TodayHeadline Astronomers Discover Micronovae: A New Kind of Thermonuclear Stellar Explosion - SciTechDaily –
Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a “micronova” involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star. The researchers on Wednesday said that a micronova is by far the least powerful type of star explosions now known — less energetic than a blast called a nova in which a white dwarf’s entire surface blows up and tiny compared with a supernova that occurs during the death throes of some giant stars. Micronovae are observed from Earth as burst...