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Spinning hypernova explains ancient star’s odd elements, astronomers say – Sydney Morning Herald
Australian scientists claim to have solved the mystery of an ancient red giant’s chemical makeup by inventing an entirely new…
Thirteen billion years ago, in the depths of the Milky Way, an ancient star began to collapse.
It spun, faster and faster, generating enormously powerful magnetic currents, before detonating in an explosion perhaps 10 times more powerful than a supernova.
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