supernova

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If it is large enough, it could end its life in a supernova explosion.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Our colleagues in Stockholm first noticed the supernova but it was us who spotted that the light had been bent into multiple images.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Each image represents the supernova at a slightly different moment in its evolution because the light traveled along paths of different lengths.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

There he will work with Professor Dan Kasen, the scientist who originally proposed the magnetar powered supernova model.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

We have relatively abundant gold and uranium on Earth only because many supernova explosions had occurred just before the solar system formed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan