Starforker

Supernovae come in a variety of flavors but all involve one thing: the awesomely huge explosion of a giant star. There’s a new kind of supernova, long suspected, but now with a very promising example, called a Pair-Instability Supernova. Adam LaMee joins Josh and Addie to talk exploding stars, giant planets, and the intersection of rock and roll with Mars and astronomy in general. Catch up whereever you get your podcasts or directly download from libsyn: http://walkaboutthegalaxy.libsyn.com/starforker