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Seabed yields mark of nearby supernovaFull Text

Deep-sea sediment yields the first physical evidence of a supernova having recently exploded near Earth, just 5 million years ago.

References:

Knie, K. ... and W. Hillebrandt. 1999. Indication for supernova produced 60Fe activity on Earth. Physical Review Letters 83(July 5):18.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1998. Young, nearby supernova remnant shows up. Science News 154(Nov. 14):309.

______. 1997. A supernova turns 10. Science News 151(Feb. 22):120.

Sources:

Louis Brown
Carnegie Institution of Washington
5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W.
Washington, DC 20015

Donald D. Clayton
Clemson University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Clemson, SC 29634-1911

Wolfgang Hillebrandt
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
85740 Garching
Germany

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 2, July 10, 1999, p. 21. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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