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New Type of Supernova Shows How Very Massive Stars Die

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What Happens when a Black Hole hits a Neutron Star?

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Susanna Kohler, “LIGO/Virgo Spots Neutron Stars Colliding with Black Holes”, https://aasnova.org/2021/06/29/ligo-virgo-spots-neutron-stars-colliding-with-black-holes/

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Images

Dana Berry/NASA, “Black hole devours a neutron star.”, https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/short_burst_oct5.html

Robert Sullivan, ““New Supernova Rewrites Supernova Rulebook” - Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star.”, https://www.flickr.com/photos/47430793@N08/37632821195

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