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Astronomers Stunned by Strange Supernova Stripped to Its Core


A companion star may have stripped silicon layers. This provided a new window into stellar death. Astronomers have observed the inner layers of a dying star through a rare type of stellar explosion known as an “extremely stripped supernova.” In a study published on August 20, 2025, in Nature,

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