http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/07/02/supernovae-in-aspen/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/07/02/supernovae-in-aspen/#comment-10768 Star Clusters in the Milky Way | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:04:57 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/07/02/supernovae-in-aspen/#comment-10768 [...] that we can use them to test the calibration of the telescopes we use to study the most distant supernovae. The other day my co-worker showed the results of the analysis and my jaw dropped. I had forgotten [...] [...] that we can use them to test the calibration of the telescopes we use to study the most distant supernovae. The other day my co-worker showed the results of the analysis and my jaw dropped. I had forgotten [...]

]]> http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/07/02/supernovae-in-aspen/#comment-10767 Ben Burress Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:24:29 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/07/02/supernovae-in-aspen/#comment-10767 I'd heard that one of the theoretical sources of "gamma ray bursters" was a much larger version of a supernova called a "hypernova." Has there been any further work on this idea? I'd heard that one of the theoretical sources of "gamma ray bursters" was a much larger version of a supernova called a "hypernova." Has there been any further work on this idea?

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