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    NASA missions help reveal the power of Shock waves in a Nova Explosion

    April 14, 2020, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    V906 Carinae (circled) shines near peak brightness in this image taken on March 23, 2018, three days after the nova was discovered. The beautiful cloud of gas and dust dominating the picture is part of the Carina Nebula.
    Credits: Copyright 2018 by A. Maury and J. Fabrega, used with permission

    Unprecedented observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio of satellites, including two NASA missions, have captured the first direct evidence that most of the explosion’s visible light arose from shock waves — abrupt changes of pressure and temperature formed in the explosion debris.

    A nova is a sudden, short-lived brightening of an otherwise inconspicuous star...

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