What Happens After A Supernova Explodes? - with Jen Gupta

When massive stars explode, we get some very strange new celestial objects from their remains.

In this short clip from her talk 'The Universe Beyond Visible Light', astrophysicist Jen Gupta explains how neutron stars and pulsars are formed in the wake of supernovas.

Jen Gupta is an astrophysicist who loves to talk about how awesome space is with anyone who will listen. She is currently based in the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth where she is the SEPnet/Ogden Physics Outreach Officer. She also occasionally works at the Winchester Science Centre as a Planetarium Presenter. In her spare time she help to organise the Winchester Science Festival.

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[justamongus]

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[lekshmianilkumar]

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[davdsmth]

The "it could go supernova tomorrow or in ten thousand years" always makes me wonder how far away it is - and whether it's already blown up, but the light from the event simply hasn't arrived here yet. I'm going to have to go and google how many light years away Betelgeuse is... Ah, it's only 642.5 light years away - so is probably still there for now :-)

[DV-dtsq]

fascinating!! I love it!💜🙌 I just wonder what does it mean the term "end of life" for a star? What happens with energy in some particular moment that we call it end or death?

[jaapongeveer]

Can neutrons in that remnant turn into protons as in beta decay?

[vorador]

Really doubt you will be walking around outside and fail to notice Betelgeuse going supernova hehehe

[MikeEnRegalia]

Isn’t “Supernova” a word we use for the explosion itself? How does an explosion explode?

[CrocoduckRex]

Have you tried saying "Betelgeuse" three times before a mirror? Maybe it will go nova.

[hobbygaertner]

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[tactileslut]

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