Ep. 558: Supernova SN 2006gy
- Author
- [email protected]
- Published
- Mon 10 Feb 2020
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/astro52/AC_558_Raw_2020_02_10.mp3
We've been following this story for more than a decade, so it's great to finally have an answer to the question, why was supernova 2006gy so insanely bright? Astronomers originally thought it was an example of a supermassive star exploding, but new evidence provides an even more fascinating answer.
