Vrutant Mehta
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🔭 A Double Detonation Supernova
Image Credit: ESO, P. Das et al.; Background stars (NASA/Hubble): K. Noll et al.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25072...
Image Credit: ESO, P. Das et al.; Background stars (NASA/Hubble): K. Noll et al.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25072...
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 A Double Detonation Supernova
Image Credit: ESO, P. Das et al.; Background stars (NASA/Hubble): K. Noll et al.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25072...
Image Credit: ESO, P. Das et al.; Background stars (NASA/Hubble): K. Noll et al.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25072...
Reposted by Vrutant Mehta
My research group alumna, Mckenzie Ferrari has made her debut contribution to the astronomy reader's digest Astrobites! In her engaging review, Mckenzie dives into a paper exploring the origins of astronomical candles that shine a bit too brightly. aasnova.org/2025/04/08/s... 🔭🧪
Shedding Light on Candles That Burn a Bit Too Bright
Astrobites reports on how standard candles might not be quite as standard as previously thought, and how a particular type of supernova is making a name for itself.
aasnova.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My research group alumna, Mckenzie Ferrari has made her debut contribution to the astronomy reader's digest Astrobites! In her engaging review, Mckenzie dives into a paper exploring the origins of astronomical candles that shine a bit too brightly. aasnova.org/2025/04/08/s... 🔭🧪
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I’ve written a short Docker file to easily enable anyone to run Blondin & Tonry’s SuperNova IDentification (SNID) code on almost any platform. (1/2)
December 23, 2024 at 1:58 AM
I’ve written a short Docker file to easily enable anyone to run Blondin & Tonry’s SuperNova IDentification (SNID) code on almost any platform. (1/2)
Reposted by Vrutant Mehta
Exciting to see so many new folks here. I’m a computational astrophysicist working to understand how dead cinders of stars can blow up and light up the sky in a last hurrah. We use big computers. (Figure below courtesy of current PhD student Vrutant Mehta and collaborator Ruediger Pakmor.)
December 1, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Exciting to see so many new folks here. I’m a computational astrophysicist working to understand how dead cinders of stars can blow up and light up the sky in a last hurrah. We use big computers. (Figure below courtesy of current PhD student Vrutant Mehta and collaborator Ruediger Pakmor.)