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Faint Flash From Dying Star Forces Astronomers to Rethink How Stars Explode

A dying star's brief X-ray flash is helping scientists rethink the line between ordinary supernovae and cosmic giants. When a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses, the very first thing it does is scream. Not with sound, but with a brief, blinding flash of X-rays that lasts only minutes before vanishing forever. For most of human history, astronomers have misse... [6058 chars]

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