Left: An artist’s rendition of the explosion that generated an unusual star discovered 13,000 light-years away—and may suggest a new way that stars can die.
Right: Many of the elements in the universe heavier than hydrogen and helium are created in supernovae.
Client
Alexander Ji at the University of Chicago with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Project Type
Science Visualization
Category
Astrophysics
Credit
University of Chicago/SDSS-V/Melissa Weiss
I collaborated with Alexander Ji and Sanjana Curtis to create a two paneled image to illustrate the presence of specific elements in massive stars found today that were shot out into the Universe by supernovas billions of years ago.
Find the best way to visualize the shared elements took some discussion but we concluded that illustrating the action of a supernova blowing the elements into the Universe, then having a inset that zooms into the current red giant would be the best comparison.