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"Of all exploding stars ever observed, this was the king", said Alex Filippenko, who leads two of the observation teams involved in the discovery.
The star that exploded was 150 times as massive as the sun.
The explosion occurred in another galaxy, 240 million lightyears away, not in our Milky Way galaxy.
A new explosion-mechanism has been proposed, that applies only to these very massive stars.
By this mechanism, unlike other supernova models, the star can explode BEFORE it has exhausted its fusion fuel
"Of all exploding stars ever observed, this was the king", said Alex Filippenko, who leads two of the observation teams involved in the discovery.
The star that exploded was 150 times as massive as the sun.
The explosion occurred in another galaxy, 240 million lightyears away, not in our Milky Way galaxy.
A new explosion-mechanism has been proposed, that applies only to these very massive stars.
By this mechanism, unlike other supernova models, the star can explode BEFORE it has exhausted its fusion fuel
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