supernova
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As they rotate, their powerful magnetic fields accelerate charged particles that slam into the expanding debris from the supernova, injecting extra energy that keeps the explosion shining much longer than expected.
From Science Daily • Jul. 6, 2026
The supernova occurred roughly one billion light-years from Earth.
From Science Daily • Jul. 6, 2026
She likened it to a supercharged version of a supernova, which is a dramatic, explosive death of a star.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
The star director’s latest outerspace-encounter story, starring Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor, offers barely a flash of the filmmaker’s usual supernova brilliance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It’s as if the interface between being asleep and being awake has gone supernova, exploding and swallowing everything around it with cosmic shrapnel.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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