Astronomers Spot Quadruple Stars That May Spark Supernova Explosions
A quadruple star system discovered in 2017 and recently observed at the University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory could represent a new channel by which thermonuclear supernova explosions can occur in the Universe, according to results published in Nature Astronomy by an international team of astronomers. The rare double-binary star system HD74438 was discovered in ...
