ISF 3.P156-A
Artist’s impression of a white dwarf accreting material
from a companion red giant in a binary stellar system. As
the accreted material pushes the mass of the white dwarf near
the Chandrasekhar limit, a runaway thermonuclear reaction
launches a flame that incinerates the white dwarf and induces
the supernova explosion. Image credit and copyright: David A.
Hardy & PPARC.
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