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This shockwave can take a couple of hours to reach the surface. As the wave passes through, it creates exotic new elements the original star could never form in its core.
And this is where we get all get rich. All gold, silver, platinum, uranium and anything higher than iron on the periodic table of elements are created here. A supernova will then take a few months to reach its brightest point, potentially putting out as much energy as the rest of its galaxy combined.
Supernova A, named to commemorate the induction of the first woman into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the amazing Aretha Franklin. Well, actually, that's not true, it was the first supernova we saw in But we should really name supernovae after things like that. Still, A went off relatively nearby, and took 85 days to reach its peak brightness. Slowly declining over the next 2 years.
Powerful telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope can still see the shockwave expanding in space, decades later. Our "regular flavor" core collapse supernova is just one type of exploding star.
The type 1a supernovae are created when a white dwarf star sucks material off a binary partner like a gigantic parasitic twin, until it reaches 1. In just a few days, these supernovae peak and fade much more rapidly than our core collapse friends.
So, how long does a supernova take to explode? A few million years for the star to die, less than a quarter of a second for its core to collapse, a few hours for the shockwave to reach the surface of the star, a few months to brighten, and then just few years to fade away. Explore further. More from Astronomy and Astrophysics. Use this form if you have come across a typo, inaccuracy or would like to send an edit request for the content on this page. For general inquiries, please use our contact form.
For general feedback, use the public comments section below please adhere to guidelines. Your feedback is important to us. When the star finally goes supernova, the very fast moving material that explodes outward can eventually catch up with and run into these burped off layers.
That collision will create heat and light that can keep the supernova bright for years or even decades after the explosion. So to summarize: stars explode very quickly, in most cases they stay bright enough to observe for a few months to a year or so, but in certain special cases we can keep taking images of the supernova for years or even decades after the explosion. Thanks for your question! Jeffrey Silverman UT Austin.
Related posts: Is Betelgeuse shrinking? It could be dramatic but it will take some time to reach that really? Or does the iron core itself just do the collapsing with the weight of the star above it? Going by wikipedia, it takes several days for the iron core to accumulate from silicon burning. Once the core passes over the Chandrasekhar limit it collapses in milliseconds due to its own gravity. No too long.
It all depends on the gravity at these outer edges and how you define what an outer edge is. I would like to see the star Betelgeuse explode. Be careful what you wish for, it might be a dangerous event.
When it goes supernova it might leave behind a nasty neutron star or black hole with an accretion disc that sends a jet of high energy photons and atomic nuclei at relativistic speeds towards us, destroying our atmosphere and evaporating all water on Earth, killing all life. But since it will happen within a few thousands of years, and we the life on Earth has been around a million times longer, it maybe should make us feel lucky having come this far.
Is this correct or am I seeing it wrongly? Unit conversion issue. Good video — been waiting for this one, good commentary also.
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