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Robert Lea

Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?

An image of the double detonation supernova SNR 0509-67.5 as seen by the VLT.

You may only live once, but some stars die twice. Astronomers have now discovered the first visual evidence of such a stellar event, a dead star that underwent a so-called "double-detonation." This could indicate that some stars could go supernova without reaching the so-called Chandrasekhar limit, the minimum mass that a star needs to go supernova.

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