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Astronomers Just Found 72 Stellar Explosions, but Don’t Know What’s Causing Them

9 Apr , 2018 by Matt Williams

Using data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program, a team of astronomers recently found 72 supernovae, the largest number discovered to date

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Astronomy

Supernova

2 Dec , 2009 by Fraser Cain

[/caption] A supernova is the explosion of a star. In an instant, a star with many times the mass of our own Sun can detonate with the energy of a billion suns. And then, within just a few hours or days, it dims down again. Some explode into a spray of gas and dust, while […]

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