Uploaded November 2012 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago

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"The Secret Lives (and Deaths) of Stars" - Two-Minute Thesis
Hold onto your stellar companions! Ph.D candidate Or Graur (University of Tel Aviv/American Museum of Natural History) tells us what he's learned about the violent star-deaths known as Type Ia supernovae in this month's edition of PHDtv's Two-Minute Thesis series.

Animation: Jorge Cham
Series Producer: Meg Rosenburg
Thanks from Or: Dani Maoz and Michael Shara (advisor and co-advisor), collaborators on the Subaru Deep Field Project, and the CLASH and CANDELS collaborations

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