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Space & Physics
Strange Supernovae Upend Expectations
Most stars die in fairly predictable ways, but astronomers have discovered a growing catalog of unusual stellar deaths that challenge the traditional picture
Anna Y. Q. Ho is a Miller Fellow in the astronomy department at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the catastrophic deaths of massive stars. Credit: Nick Higgins
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