Massive stars can end their lifes in giant explosions called supernovae. Some supernovae are 100x more luminous. Why?
We now might have an answer (magnetars!) with the first gamma ray detection from such a super luminous supernovae in SN 2017egm.
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We now might have an answer (magnetars!) with the first gamma ray detection from such a super luminous supernovae in SN 2017egm.
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science.nasa.gov NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae - NASA Science An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its... 
