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SN 2016aps (also known as PS16aqy and AT2016aps) is the brightest and most energetic supernova explosion ever recorded. [2] [3] It released more energy than ASASSN-15lh. [4]In addition to the sheer amount of energy released, an unusually large amount of the energy was released in the form of radiation, probably due to the interaction of the supernova ejecta and a previously lost gas shell.
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines. [ 287 ] [ 288 ] Scientists identify the maximum human lifespan at an average age of 115, with an absolute upper limit of 125 years old .
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In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [16] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [ 17 ] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Alioth for this star.
From a bar in the clouds to finding more water from the Moon, outer space is constantly surprising us. The post 24 Astronomy Facts You Never Learned in School appeared first on Reader's Digest.
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The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [13] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN, which included Shaula for the star λ Scorpii Aa. In Indian Astronomy it is called MulA Nakshathram. Mūla ("root") (Devanagari मूल/मूळ) (Tamil: மூலம்) is the 19th nakshatra or "lunar mansion" in Vedic ...