Exploding white dwarf,3D simulation. Supercomputer model of a white dwarf star exploding 1.7 seconds after ignition. The star surface,coloured green,measures 3,800 kilometres in diameter. Other colours represent temperature (blue and red are cooler,orange and yellow are hotter). Ignition produces a burning bubble of hot ash that rises rapidly towards the surface and expands as it cools around the perimeter of the star. The ash is travelling towards an area opposite to where it first emerged. A white dwarf is a very dense star,roughly the size of the Earth,but with a mass comparable to the Sun. When the white dwarf runs out of fuel it can explode as a Type Ia supernova | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO / THE FLASH CENTER |
Bildgröße: | 4835 px × 3626 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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