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Supernova Caught In First Hour Of Its Explosion Reveals A Totally Different Way For Stars To Die

Two international teams confirmed the second observed X-ray shock breakout, using rapid follow-up to map the stripped star’s environment before collapse.

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Telescopes watched this outburst from its earliest hours, something only definitively achieved once before. When they analyzed the data, it turned out this was no ordinary supernova.

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Tucson broke the news in Tucson, United States on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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