Definition of asthenosphere : a zone of a celestial body (such as the earth) which lies beneath the lithosphere and within which the material is believed to yield readily to persistent stresses asthenospheric
Fraser: Right. Pamela: And so any time you hear a noise in space, if you hear explosions, thatâs probably your own spacecraft, and the noise is transferring through the hull and through the air in your spacecraft. Other than that, youâre not going to hear explosions.
The explosion of the star creates a shock wave that compresses nearby interstellar clouds. Yes. When the material from the explosion encounters an interstellar cloud, it creates a shock wave in the cloud that compresses the cloud very suddenly. This sudden compression can initiate star formation in the cloud.