Stellar encore: Dying star keeps coming back big time

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " Death definitely becomes this star.Astronomers reported Wednesday on a massive, distant star that exploded in 2014 " and also, apparently back in 1954. This is one supernova that refuses to bite the cosmic dust, confounding scientists who thought they knew how dying stars ticked.The oft-erupting star is 500 million light-years away " one light-year is equal to 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometers) " in the direction of the Big Bear [...]


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