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18 April 2018

How to blow up a star

Noah Baker

Noah Baker

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An exploding supernova contains some of the most complex physics that astronomers have ever attempted to model. The most cutting-edge computer simulations take months to run but have revealed some amazing details about what might make these massive stars explode.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07817-9

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