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Stefanie Waldek

Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)

A cloud of white gas and light radiates out from around a star.

Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual explosion that may bridge the gap between ordinary supernovas and more extreme, gamma-ray-burst-producing stellar explosions

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