All about micronova, newly discovered type of star explosion that may be common but hard to spot - ThePrint

Micronovae occurs at the poles of highly magnetic white dwarfs in the form of runaway thermonuclear reactions not powerful enough to become novae or supernovae.

Bengaluru: Astronomers in Europe have observed a new kind of stellar explosion for the first time, called micronova, according to results published in the journal Nature. This is a phenomenon where … [+5529 chars]

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