(Sept 15, 2025)
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of scientists, including Rutgers-New Brunswick’s Distinguished Professor Jack Hughes, has made a crucial discovery about the final hours of a massive star before it exploded.
The researchers found that the star’s insides violently shifted just hours before it blew apart, creating the famous Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. The observations are reported in the Astrophysical Journal.
