supernova

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Astronomers have directly observed a massive dying star skip a supernova explosion and instead collapse into a black hole.

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The patterns visible in Hubble's image are highly symmetrical, ruling out a chaotic explosion like a supernova.

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This breakthrough gives scientists a unique way to examine the final years of a massive star's life before it ends in a violent supernova.

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Ms. Mantovanini's research focuses on supernova remnants, the expanding clouds of gas and energy created when a star explodes at the end of its life.

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A white dwarf forms when a star exhausts the hydrogen fuel needed for nuclear fusion in its core but lacks the mass required to explode as a core-collapse supernova.

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