Benjamin Dean Astronomy Lectures | California Academy of Sciences

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In the Fall of 2020, astronomers at Keck Observatory in Hawaii made the first direct observation of a massive red supergiant star transitioning into a Type II supernova during its last 130 days before exploding. Image Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

Benjamin Dean Astronomy Lectures

Cosmic Catastrophes: Transient Phenomena and the Renaissance of Astrophysics

Mon. Jun. 6th at 7:30 pm - Planetarium

What do we learn from the most violent phenomena in the Universe?

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