Stellar

Iron from an ancient supernova has been found in the Indian Ocean

by JoAnna Wendel
A digital illustration of an ancient supernova

When stars larger than our Sun run out of fuel, they collapse inward and then explode in some of the highest energy events in the universe.

Scientists think that these explosions are the sources of cosmic rays — extremely high-energy fragments of atomic nuclei hurtling through the galaxy at the speed of light.

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