The explosion of a new star in the constellation Ophiuchus occurs every 15 years
Astronomers have shown an incredible cosmic spectacle / Photo: Twitter
Astronomers using the MAGIC telescopes have detected a massive nova explosion caused by a pair of stars in the constellation Ophiuchus.
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A binary star system located 5,000 light-years from Earth that explodes with a new star every 15 years.
RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) is in the constellation of Ophiuchus and consists of a white dwarf and a red giant, which is on the verge of a supernova explosion.
The birthplace of a new star is a system in which there are two very different stars, usually a smaller and a larger star, writes dailymail.co.uk.
In this case, a white dwarf, a small, burnt out and dense star in which a teaspoon of matter weighs 1 ton, is orbiting a red giant, an old star that will soon burn out.
A dying giant star feeds the white dwarf with material that sheds its outer hydrogen layer. This flow of matter continues until the white dwarf overeats and explodes.
During the explosion, MAGIC telescopes detected gamma rays with a power of 250 gigaelectronvolts (GeV), which is one hundred billion times more powerful than visible light.
Astronomers have previously confirmed the size of the largest comet in the universe. The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet was discovered back in 2014, but until now, its size could not be accurately determined.
Source: Segodnya
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