An outside mathematical group of astronomers was able to take note the most remote supernova ever detect , which come about 10.5 billion years ago when the universe was still very young . The cataclysmal explosion is named DES16C2 nm and was reported in the latest topic of theAstrophysical Journal .
The event is classified as a superluminous supernova ( SLSN ) , the brightest and rarest of all known supernova type . It is at least 10 times brighter than the standard supernova and researchers conceive it was cause by material fall onto a neutron star until it collapse under its own weight . This effect take aim property when the cosmos was only 3.3 billion years honest-to-god .
" It ’s exhilarate to be part of the survey that has discovered the oldest known supernova . DES16C2 nm is super distant , extremely shiny , and extremely rare – not the kind of matter you stumble across every day as an astronomer , " lead writer of the study Dr Mathew Smith , of the University of Southampton , said in astatement . " As well as being a very exciting discovery in its own right , the utmost distance of DES16C2 nm yield us a unequalled insight into the nature of SLSN . "
The researchers used the sparkle from the explosion to translate what kind of element were bring forth in these events and the temperature at which they occurred . They hope to better characterise this eccentric of supernova , which has only been jazz about for the last 15 years .
DES16C2 nm was observe by theDark Energy Survey , an outside coaction that ’s mapping the position of several hundred million galaxies in three - dimensional blank to learn about the properties of colored energy . gloomy vim is trust to be responsible for for the accelerated enlargement of the universe .
" Such supernova were not thought of when we started DES over a decade ago . Such discoveries show the grandness of empirical science ; sometimes you just have to go out and face up to find something amazing , " co - writer Professor Bob Nichol , from the University of Portsmouth , lend .
The survey covers an field of the sky measuring 5,000 square degrees , an area equivalent to 25,000 prison term the full Moon in the sky . The squad is now go to count for more of these events in the survey .
" Finding more distant events , to find out the miscellanea and sheer telephone number of these events , is the next step , " co - source Professor Mark Sullivan , also of the University of Southampton , commented .
Over 400 researchers from more than 25 institutions are demand in the Dark Energy Survey , which started in 2013 and will conclude after this twelvemonth .
