#Shock waves from stellar explosions take preferential direction
“#Shock waves from stellar explosions take preferential direction” Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. Credit: public domain In a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team led by researchers at École Polytechnique have paved the way to unraveling the mystery as to why many supernova remnants that we observe from Earth are axisymmetric (elongated along…