Latest Common envelope Stories

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Astrophysicists have debated the outcome of two binary stars – stars that orbit each other – coming together in a "common envelope" for a long time. A new study from the University of Alberta has finally provided some answers. Theoretical astrophysicist Natalia Ivanova has revealed the workings of a celestial event that produces an explosion so powerful its luminosity approaches that of a supernova. “When this dramatic...