Artist's Impression of the Supernova Explosion (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Artist's Impression of the Supernova Explosion

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The nuclear detonation of the surface helium layer triggered an inward shock wave, and now carbon nuclear fusion has begun at the center.

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Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo

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