<![CDATA[io9: Explosion]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Explosion]]> http://io9.com/tag/explosion http://io9.com/tag/explosion <![CDATA[Watch a comet smash into the Sun, followed by a massive solar explosion]]> What you see in this amazing video really is just a coincidence. A comet smashed into one side of the Sun just as a massive explosion ignited on the other side. Two entirely unrelated events...but they sure look awesome together. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5848005&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Three years of supernova explosions become beautiful music]]> This video is a musical record of over three years worth of Type Ia supernova bursts, which are caused when white dwarf stars explode. University of Victoria astronomer Alex Parker and UC Santa Barbara's Melissa Graham assigned each blast an instrument and musical note depending on its properties. The result is the "Supernova Sonata." More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5805781&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[We Found Another Earthlike Planet - Too Bad It Was Destroyed Millennia Ago]]> 500 light years away there's a star slightly larger than our own, which until recently had a planet orbiting it at roughly the same distance Earth is from the Sun. Unfortunately, all that's left of the planet is hot dust. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5446748&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Volcanoes in Alaska Are "Hopping," Says Scientist]]> Witness the glory of one of the two massive volcanoes erupting today in Alaska. Here you can see a satellite's-eye-view of the plumes from Okmok Caldera, floating out between the clouds over the coast. Though Okmok has been erupting for several days, it was joined recently by Mount Cleveland, off the coast in the Aleutian Islands. More eruption below. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5028381&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stars Gone Wild!: Supernova Caught on Tape]]> Researchers at Princeton University got one hell of a treat this past January when a star exploded in the galaxy NGC2770. It's a 100 million light years from Earth, but it marks the first time astronomers have gotten the chance to watch a star explode 'live' from start to finish (well the explosion happened 100 million years ago, but you know what we mean). Witnessing the event caused the lead author to utter the best quote we've ever seen from an astronomer. More »
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