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For a cosmic adrenaline rush, it’s hard to beat a supernova. It happens when a star detonates at the end of its life, blasting gases and other debris outward with unimaginable violence. The explosion ...

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The universe is full of extreme phenomena. Perhaps this is what draws some people to astronomy — it has some of the most extreme physics out there. And supernovae are some of the most extraordinary ...

I was exploding with excitement to ask my friend Guy Worthey about supernovas. He’s an astronomer at Washington State University. He told me a supernova is a very energetic explosion in space. There ...