Exploding Stars Near the Milky Way

A new star was detected by a French amateur astronomers. He was detected in monitoring PTF Sky Survey, conducted between May 31 until June 1 and is in the arms of the galaxy close neighbors, namely M51.

This phenomenon was also successfully documented by new equipment owned by Martin Kraar Obesrvatory at the Weizmann Institute, and also owned by Wise Observatory of Tel Aviv University in Mitzspe Ramon, Israel.

Now the star who emerged from the supernova explosion was being studied by a team of international researchers, including from Israel, the United States, Britain, Canada and other countries.

Before this, the last supernova observed in M51, a galaxy located 26 million light-years from Earth, occurs in the year 2005. Quoted from the Daily Galaxy, June 8, 2011, a supernova is expected to appear approximately 1 time in 100 years in any galaxy.

Frequent supernova phenomenon that occurs in M51 can be explained from interactions with other galaxies that are very close. This closeness led to the formation of giant stars can be done faster.

Due to the rapid process of massive star formation, there is also accelerating the destruction of very large stars that supernova explosion.