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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
startswithabang@astrodon.social ("StartsWithABang") wrote:
A new origin story for supernovae after 94 years
Where do type Ia supernovae come from?
If you said "a white dwarf crossing over the Chandrasekhar mass limit," you're decades out of date.
Time to get on board with double detonation!
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/origin-supernova-94-years/