![]() ![]() That suggested that the supernova of 1006 had probably been the most powerful type, a type Ia. When astronomers found the nebula SNR 1006 (short for SuperNova Remnant 1006, because astronomical naming prioritizes specificity over creativity), the most interesting part of the discovery may have been what they didn't find: there was no trace of a black hole or a neutron star (the small, incredibly dense remains of a collapsed stellar core, which is all that's left when a very massive star goes supernova). And that information, in turn, could eventually help physicists fine-tune their models of the most powerful supernovae. According to Neuhaeuser and his colleagues, those seemingly small details could reveal more about the mechanics of the explosion that added a new star to Ibn Sina’s night sky in 1006. Ibn Sina described the 1006 supernova’s colors in more detail than any other historical source (that we know about today). ![]() Sometimes reality is wilder than anything we could have imagined. ![]()
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