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But when aging, giant stars run out of fuel, their own gravity overwhelms fusion’s outward push.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
Then, in 2003, astronomers watching a nearby afterglow saw the brilliant fireworks of a supernova just days after a long gamma-ray burst: The burst had signaled the first stage in the death of a giant star.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
This rendering shows the hydrodynamic flow of matter in a giant star's core.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
Then, in 2003, astronomers watching a nearby afterglow saw the brilliant fireworks of a supernova just days after a long gamma-ray burst: The burst had signaled the first stage in the death of a giant star.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
This rendering shows the hydrodynamic flow of matter in a giant star's core.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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