Type Ia supernova
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A Type Ia supernova is a supernova that occurs in binary systems in which one of the stars is a white dwarf. The other star can be anything from a giant star to an even smaller white dwarf.
G299 Type Ia supernova remnant.
An accretion disc forms around a compact body (such as a white dwarf) stripping gas from a companion giant star. NASA image
Supercomputer simulation of the explosion phase of the deflagration-to-detonation model of supernova formation.
Supernova remnant N103B taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Type Iax supernova
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A Type Iax supernova is a kind of thermonuclear supernova with many similarities to Type Ia supernovae, but can leave behind a remnant star, known as a zombie star, rather than completely dispersing t
Pa 30 and the central star IRAS 00500+6713, which is a zombie star