Reposted by Vrutant MehtaAstronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 22/07/2025🔭 A Double Detonation Supernova Image Credit: ESO, P. Das et al.; Background stars (NASA/Hubble): K. Noll et al. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25072... 216551
Reposted by Vrutant MehtaRobert Fisher @fisherastro.bsky.social · 08/04/2025My 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... 🔭🧪aasnova.orgShedding Light on Candles That Burn a Bit Too BrightAstrobites 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. 072
Reposted by Vrutant MehtaRobert Fisher @fisherastro.bsky.social · 23/12/2024I’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) 193
Reposted by Vrutant MehtaRobert Fisher @fisherastro.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Exciting 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.) 1205
