The document discusses two types of supernovas - those caused by massive stars running out of nuclear fuel and collapsing under their own gravity, and those caused by thermonuclear explosions in binary star systems where a white dwarf steals matter from a companion star. Supernovas produce nebulae and leave behind neutron stars or black holes, enriching the interstellar medium with heavy elements.
The document discusses two types of supernovas - those caused by massive stars running out of nuclear fuel and collapsing under their own gravity, and those caused by thermonuclear explosions in binary star systems where a white dwarf steals matter from a companion star. Supernovas produce nebulae and leave behind neutron stars or black holes, enriching the interstellar medium with heavy elements.
The document discusses two types of supernovas - those caused by massive stars running out of nuclear fuel and collapsing under their own gravity, and those caused by thermonuclear explosions in binary star systems where a white dwarf steals matter from a companion star. Supernovas produce nebulae and leave behind neutron stars or black holes, enriching the interstellar medium with heavy elements.
The document discusses two types of supernovas - those caused by massive stars running out of nuclear fuel and collapsing under their own gravity, and those caused by thermonuclear explosions in binary star systems where a white dwarf steals matter from a companion star. Supernovas produce nebulae and leave behind neutron stars or black holes, enriching the interstellar medium with heavy elements.
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Index
- Introduction (in the screen a massive supernova explosion) (BIEL)
- Explanation (BIEL) - Thermonuclear supernova - Gravitity Supernova - Conclusion and end Effects that appear on the screen.
Introduction
This is what happens when a massive star explodes. (boom)
This phenomenon is called SUPERNOVA, the topic we’ll talk about it.
But what is actually a supernova? (question mark)
Supernova is the biggest explosion humans have ever seen. It happens at the end of a huge star’s life.
In the moment of its detonation, a supernova can reach the brightness of an entire galaxy before the brightness fades. This process can be likened to the grand finale of a star's existence. The scientific reason is that the star has no more nuclei to fuse and this ends up in a final explosion.
There are basically two types of Supernovas. And now, my mates will delve into these two topics.
One type of supernova is caused by the “last hurrah” of a dying massive star. This happens when a star, at least five times the mass of our sun, goes out with a fantastic bang!
Massive stars burn huge amounts of nuclear fuel at their cores, or centers. This produces tons of energy, so the center gets very hot. Heat generates pressure, and the pressure created by a star’s nuclear burning also keeps that star from collapsing.
A star is in balance between two opposite forces. The star’s gravity tries to squeeze the star into the smallest, tightest ball possible. But the nuclear fuel burning in the star’s core creates strong outward pressure. This outward push resists the inward squeeze of gravity.
How the massive star dies to do this explosion?
The massive star when it gets cold, the pressure of the core disappear, and the gravity crushes the star doing an explosion. After that, the core it becomes very dense, and also transforms into a cloud of hot gas that we call a nebula. Thermonuclear supernova (luca).
Thermonuclear occur in binary star systems in which one of the components is a white dwarf. The white dwarf can steal matter from its companion's outer layers. If the accumulation of matter on the white dwarf occurs under the right conditions, it can lead to the thermonuclear ignition of the entire star. Supernovae leave behind compact objects in the form of neutron stars or even black holes, and are responsible for the enrichment of the interstellar medium in heavy atoms, including many of those necessary to sustain life.
Observation in space Gravity
Heat
Core
Pressure
There’s also another type of supernova, when there is an orbit of two stars in which one of them is a very small one, which was created because one like our sun lost all its energy, and collides with another very small one, or extracts too much energy from the nearby star, it can explode.
How of big is the supernova?
This phenomenon can eclipse the entire galaxy for days or months. It is not a very common phenomenon, the scientists say there are one or two supernovas in one century, but we can’t see it because the space dust hides most of the supernovae that occur in the Milky Way.
Two types:
Gravitatorias y las termonucleares.
Supernova type 2:
- This supernova happens when one massive star between 8 and 40 solar mass, his structure in the core has iron and nickel, but to merge they need a lot of energy. So, the radiation energy of the star go to the core. After that, the zone of radiation of the star loses energy making the gravity who is around, which tries to compress the star, but was unable to do it for the radiation who contradicted it. In this case, as it has lost energy to fuse with iron and nickel, this time it has managed to compress the star, causing an explosion that is a supernova type 2.
