#Spectacular UV flash may explain how white dwarfs explode
“#Spectacular UV flash may explain how white dwarfs explode” Blue dot indicates the location of SN2019yvq in a relatively nearby galaxy 140 million light-years from Earth. Credit: Northwestern University For only the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion. An extremely rare type of…