Why Do Stars Explode?

What happens when stars die? You might find yourself a bit “starstruck” at just how huge their exit can be.

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Found: The Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen
“Astronomers have glimpsed the most powerful supernova ever seen, a star in a galaxy billions of light-years away that exploded with such force it briefly shone nearly 600 billion times brighter than our Sun and 20 times brighter than all the stars in the Milky Way combined. The explosion released 10 times more energy than the Sun will radiate in 10 billion years.”

Missing Link Found Between Supernovae And Black Holes
“When massive stars end their lives, they explode violently as supernovae. They leave either a neutron star or a black hole as a remnant, depending on how massive the star initially is... direct evidence linking supernovae and their black-hole remnants has been missing, until now.”

Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant
“NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago.”
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[megagene]

"The sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma."

That's like some beautiful solar poetry, bruh.

[mastring]

There's a trilogy of books starting off with Antares Dawn by Michael McCollum...and actual astrophysicist. The story is good, but his very detailed and extremely interesting description of what a super nova is, how it happens, the entire process and aftermath is astounding. Not a very big book, but WELL worth reading.

[xXxxGhostsxxXx]

I never stopped to appreciate how you always segment into your other videos, awesome job guys.

[michaelfernandez]

I used to be a fan of dnews now I'm an air conditioner

[aliengrey]

Stars commit suicide when they learn about humans.

[samsulh]

The universe is so poetic, majestic, and destructive as fuck. I love it!

[Sripro]

Space is awesome. Full of surprises. It is a treasure. That means we are living inside a treasure?

[jorgefmendezaburto]

i feel useless knowing that people my age have done things like that.

[ednelson]

Do stars stay approx the same size throughout thier lifetime ? Or are they growing into an oversized star that has to go supernova?

[blackearsbunny]

I just wanted to say congratulations you guys. I'm  watching "How it's made" in the Science Channel and had seen Dnews talking about supporting the zika virus during a  commercial break.

[JoeGP]

at least on an educational channel like this you probably shouldn't spread misinformation, like stars "burning"

[XLR]

He said Beetlejuice 3 times!!! Everyone knows you are not suppose to say Beetlejuice 3 times because Wait a minute!!!

[Margoth]

can you do a video on gamma ray bursts if you haven't already?

[necrisro]

Sometimes i daydream and take earth and life out of my mind, making myself unaware of their existence, imagine myself floating in the universe and question "why does all this exist in the first place ?".

[Chemson]

To DNews
What is the relation between the atomic mass of elements and the mass of dying stars?
Is there any atomic mass limits for the heaviest element that could be created by supernovae?

[jimgorlett]

"The sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma"
I really thought this entire video was gonna be a rap

[wolverinesaga]

Cool. Can you do a video on how scientists figure out the age of a star?

[omsingharjit]

2:02 wave of nutrino create pressure But nutrino never interact with anything so how ??

[zachcrawford]

Another way a supernova can (probably) happen is 2 stars slamming into each other

[VirtualVictory]

x600, 000, 000, 000 more brighter than the sun? What a grand spectacle of fireworks!