exploding star

A magnificent picture of the star exploding has been presented by an Australian supercomputer. The star, which is 10,000-15,000 light years distant, was found in 1967 by CSIRO scientist E R Hill. The data for the image was obtained by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope in Wajarri Yamatji Country, Western Australia. The supercomputer, dubbed Setonix, is named after a Western Australian mammal, the quokka (… read-more