April 5, 2016

The supernova G1.9+0.3 (Image NASA/CXC/CfA/S. Chakraborti et al.)

An article published in “Astrophysical Journal” describes the analysis of the supernova remnant G1.9+0.3, the youngest observed in the Milky Way. A team of astronomers from Harvard University used data collected by NASA’s Chandra space telescope and the VLA radio telescope to find evidence that it’s an explosion triggered by the merger of two white dwarfs, what is called a Type Ia supernova.