Population III Star Explodes as a Pair-Instability Supernova
This artist’s impression shows a Population III star that is 300 times more massive than our Sun exploding as a pair-instability supernova — an all-consuming version of a supernova that has yet to be directly observed. New research may have detected the aftermath of one, however, in the clouds surrounding one of the most-distant quasars ever detected.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2222b |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | Sept. 28, 2022, 6 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2222 |
Size: | 5120 x 2880 px |
About the Object
Category: | Illustrations |
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