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The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

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"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, ...

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According to a fairly new theory, white dwarfs can explode twice in a row in certain circumstances. For the first time, we ...

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