Supernova ignition surprises scientists
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 2015-05-20

Scientists have captured the early death throes of supernovae for the first time and found that the universe's benchmark explosions are more varied than expected.

In this video, Dr Brad Tucker from the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at ANU discusses how the findings help us better understand the physics of supernovae, and figure out what is the dark energy dominating the universe.