Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the University of Tokyo have identified a rare “electron-capture” supernova, and in the process may have shed light on an astrophysical mystery dating back nearly 1,000 years. An electron-capture supernova occurs when a star eight to nine times the mass of the Earth’s sun explodes. A thermonuclear supernova occurs after the explosion of a […]
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