Supernovas
A supernova is a STAR that explodes. It suddenly increases in
brightness by a factor of many billions, and within a few weeks it slowly
fades. In terms of the human lifespan, such explosions are rare occurrences.
In our Milky Way galaxy, for example, a supernova may be observed every few
hundred years. Three such explosions are recorded in history: in 1054, in
1572, and in 1604. The CRAB NEBULA consists of material ejected by the
supernova of 1054. …
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…explosions could have mixed with the
solar nebula, eventually becoming part of the structures of the Sun, the
Earth, and all living things.
Bibliography
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