The Case of the Missing Supernova



The Case of the Missing Supernova Companion

In most cases of supernovas, there are two partner stars which interact. This photo shows an image of a star going through supernova but strangely enough, there is no appearence of a companion star. In the cases of supernovas there are two stars orbiting one another because of gravitational pull. There is always a white dwarf (the remmenant of a star which is near the end of its life and is no longer capable of fusion reactions but can release a great deal of energy is the temp. rises high enough). The other star can be anything from a red giant to another white dwarf star. Scientist are pursuing this supernova in order to either identify its companion star or understand why it lacks one.