Rare nova super-remnant discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Astronomers report the discovery of a rare nova super-remnant surrounding the recurrent nova LMCN 1971-08a in the Large ...
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Scientists find largest nova super-remnant ever, measuring 650 light-years across

An NSR is simply the leftover shells of gas and dust that get swept up and pushed outward when a star repeatedly erupts (recurrent nova). The newfound structure spans approximately 650 light-years ...
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Onionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova

The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Carl Sagan once said we are all made of ...

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