{"id":29767,"date":"2022-02-22T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=105063"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:20:08","slug":"podcast-understanding-the-science-of-exploding-stars","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/podcast-understanding-the-science-of-exploding-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Understanding the science of exploding stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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When massive stars reach the end of their life, their fate is to go out in a blaze of glory: a huge stellar explosion known as a supernova<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But how do astronomers study these chaotic, transient events? And what can we learn about the Universe by doing so?<\/p>\n

The answer, it turns out, is a great deal. Supernovae can reveal much about the past, present and future of the cosmos.<\/p>\n

In this episode of the Radio Astronomy podcast, astronomer Or Graur discusses his latest book Supernova<\/em>, published by MIT Press<\/a>, and reveals what we can learn by studying these incredible events.<\/p>\n