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Calcium-rich supernova examined with X-rays for first time – Mirage News
Most of the calcium in the universe – including the very calcium in our teeth and bones – was created in the last gasp of dying stars. Called…
Most of the calcium in the universe – including the very calcium in our teeth and bones – was created in the last gasp of dying stars.
Called “calcium-rich supernovae,” these stellar explosions are so rare that astrophysicists have struggled to find and subsequently study them. The nature of these supernovae and their mechanism for creating calcium, therefore, have remained elusive.
Raffaella Margutti
Now a Northwestern University-led team has potentially uncovered the true nature of these ra…
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