In the August 24 issue
of the journal Science, astronomers for the first time show at least some that
thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae eats from a regular nova. The results of the
study, led by Ben Dilday, a postdoctoral researcher in physics at UC Santa
Barbara and at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT), are
surprising because earlier indirect - but strong - evidence had pointed to the
merger of two white dwarf stars as the Originators of Type Ia supernovae other.
