{"id":57849,"date":"2024-04-26T06:27:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T06:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8615a368-570d-455a-8e2a-27f5077de4aa"},"modified":"2024-04-26T07:09:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T07:09:42","slug":"what-is-a-supernova-a-complete-guide-to-exploding-stars-and-how-astronomers-observe-them","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/what-is-a-supernova-a-complete-guide-to-exploding-stars-and-how-astronomers-observe-them\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a supernova? A complete guide to exploding stars and how astronomers observe them"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a supernova? We explore what the Universe\u2019s most sudden \u2013 and violent \u2013 events can tell us. <\/p>

By Ezzy Pearson\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 26 April 2024 at 06:27 AM<\/p>

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When large stars reach the end of their lives they explode in a supernova, one of the most sudden and violent events in the sky.<\/p>

Large stars live fast and die young. They, like stars of all sizes, create light by converting hydrogen to helium in a process known as nuclear fusion<\/a>.<\/p>