Hypernova

En Hypernova kan udsende en gammastråle-burst med en ca. 100 gange så høj effekt som en supernova i forbindelse med eksplosionen. Hypernova-eksplosionen, der nåede os den 29. marts 2003, udsendte en effekt på 1 million gange effekten fra vores galakses samlede stjerner.

Eksterne adresser

• Sciencedaily, 2003-04-07, It's A Nova … It's A Supernova … It's A HYPERNOVA
• 28 September 2000, Astronomy Bizarre: What the Heck is a 'Hypernova'
• NASA, 20 may 99: Brighter than an Exploding Star, It's a Hypernova!
• Space.com, 07 March 2000, Possible Hypernova Could Affect Earth Citat: "...What causes all this strange behavior in Eta Carinae is very simple: It’s enormous, more than 100 times the mass of our sun....at 7,500 light-years it’s still close enough to do some damage. However, the likely damage is not to humans directly, but to satellites and the upper atmosphere..."
• NASA, October 21, 1998: When stars go hyper Different kind of nova ends not with a whimper, but with a bang