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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

Forbidden nuclear transition sheds light on how some stars die

23 Jan 2020
Exploded star
Exploded star: the crab nebula is believed to have been created by the explosion of an intermediate-mass star. (Courtesy: NASA/ESA/ J Hester and A Loll, Arizona State University)
Intermediate-mass stars expire via thermonuclear explosions, rather than gravitational collapse, acc

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