1 00:00:14,810 --> 00:00:12,960 NuStar is untangling the mystery of how 2 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:14,820 stars explode 3 00:00:18,890 --> 00:00:16,770 here we're looking at a simulation of a 4 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:18,900 supernova explosion the massive star 5 00:00:23,510 --> 00:00:21,390 that's collapsing in on itself shown in 6 00:00:26,569 --> 00:00:23,520 color is a temperature of the gas as the 7 00:00:28,490 --> 00:00:26,579 stars exploding what happens is that hot 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:28,500 bubbles at the center of the core blast 9 00:00:33,350 --> 00:00:30,210 out through the shock wave ripping the 10 00:00:34,939 --> 00:00:33,360 star apart this leaves behind a pattern 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:34,949 of radioactive ash that new star can 12 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:37,530 observe hundreds of years later what was 13 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:39,750 interesting about the data was that it 14 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:41,040 didn't look anything like any of the 15 00:00:44,689 --> 00:00:43,710 models we expected before launch this is 16 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:44,699 actually a very good reason why you 17 00:00:49,279 --> 00:00:46,710 build instruments and try to go into new 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:49,289 energy bands to get new discovery space