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Stars are balls of glowing gas, with a nearly spherical shape. Accordingly, one would expect that when some stars explode as supernovae at the end of their lives, the resulting colossal fireballs should share this spherical symmetry. However, recent investigations are revealing that some of these events are not round. New data gathered at Calar Alto Observatory reinforce this surprising finding…
Calar Alto housed the eighth edition of the NEON School of Observational Astronomy from the 17th to the 27th of June 2010. Sixteen astronomy students from different countries have shared ten days of intense work during which they have had hands-on experience about the observational techniques of modern astronomy, data handling and their scientific exploitation...
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