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09 Apr, 2008

Massive star mystery: Do they explode?

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Life's ingredients are created in the violent death and rebirth of stars. (Space.com)Some of the most massive stars might not explode as supernovae, a new study suggests. Rather, researchers speculate, they simply collapse into black holes or if they do generate explosions, they’re not as intense as the deaths of less massive stars.


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