What Powers the Explosion of Stars

What Powers the Explosion of Stars Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 01, 2015 - Enormous amounts of energy are released when a massive star, many times heavier than our Sun, collapses. Some stars explode in a hypernova - ten times more powerful than a normal supernova - and may emit a high-energy gamma-ray burst. Until now it was not clear how the extremely strong magnetic field needed for these processes is generated. A research team in the US, in cooperation with th ... more

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