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Astronomers Appear to Have Caught a Star Splitting In Half, With Catastrophic Results

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...

Rare Cosmic Event May Be First-Ever ‘Superkilonova,’ Scientists Say

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...
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WATCH: ‘Superkilonova’; a star so nice, it explodes twice

A superkilonova candidate event, named AT2025ulz, was observed in 2025; LIGO and Virgo first spotted gravitational waves, ...
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Nova explosions finally got caught in the act by astronomers

For more than a century, astronomers have known that some “new stars” flaring into view are not births at all but violent ...