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Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland, explores the use of supernovae (or exploding/dying stars) in fiction.

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© RNZ Length 38 min 13 May 2022 Season 2 Episode 10 Sci-FiScienceSpace New Zealand Episodic

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© RNZ Length 38 min 13 May 2022 Season 2 Episode 10 Sci-FiScienceSpace New Zealand Episodic

Getting to the science behind the fiction

Getting to the science behind the fiction

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland, explores the use of supernovae (or exploding/dying stars) in fiction.

A supernova (pl. supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous stellar explosion that occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion. Supernovae have been featured in many works of fiction.

Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland explores the use of supernovae (or exploding/dying stars) in fiction.

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© RNZ | 38 min

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