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There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

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Supernova! It’s the largest explosion that takes place in space, but how do the deaths of giant stars in our own galaxy affect Earth and other planets? What would happen if a supernova went off ...

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