Tuesday, 24 March 2015

APEX observations shed light on 17th-century star collision

The rare collision is seen here in this composite image from the Gemini, SMA and APEX tel...


The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX) has been used to solve a 340 year-old astronomical mystery. The findings reveal that an object that appeared in the sky in the 17th century was not a nova as astronomers at the time believed, but actually a rare stellar collision. .. Continue Reading APEX observations shed light on 17th-century star collision



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