A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the universe's rarest explosions - Phys.org
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A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the universe's rarest explosions - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Shreejaya Karantha

Astronomers may have discovered one of the clearest examples yet of a rare “pair-instability” supernova. It is a catastrophic explosion thought to completely destroy some of the most massive stars in the universe, leaving behind no remnant. The paper outlinin…