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A color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left). Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory

Tel Aviv University may have uncovered a clue to a 1,000-year-old astrophysical mystery

Brian BlumPublished August 5, 2021

(Israel21c) - Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the University of Tokyo have identified a rare “electron-capture” supernova, and in the process, may have shed light on an astrophysical mystery dating back nearly 1,000 years. An electron-capture...

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