Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2014
Dr Steve Fossey, UCL Physics and Astronomy
Thermonuclear supernovae signal the sudden and explosive destruction of a white-dwarf star, but rarely occur in our cosmic neighbourhood. However in January 2014 such a supernova appeared in a nearby galaxy, and was discovered in UCL’s teaching observatory. This is the story of that serendipitous discovery and some early results on the nature of these cosmologically significant events.
You can also watch this lecture on the UCLLHL YouTube channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFOPIIXTltA
