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Powerful Supernova May Be Related To Death Spasms of First Stars

Posted by Zonk on from the we-need-a-few-more-heavy-elements-out-here dept.

necro81 writes "The New York Times is reporting on a discovery from a team of UC Berkley researchers, who may have discovered the brightest stellar explosion ever observed. Observations of the cataclysmic explosion of a 100- to 200-solar-mass star began last September, based on data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The researchers believe that the explosion is similar to the death spasms of the first stars in the universe. The super-massive star's collapse is believed to have been so energetic as to create unstable electron-positron pairs that tore the star apart before it could collapse into a black hole — seeding the universe with heavier elements."

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  1. In response... by CdrGlork · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After being informed of this, President Bush was quoted as saying, "Can we get ourselves a bomb to do that?"

  2. Awesom3 Fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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