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Extreme Weight Loss: Star Sheds Unexpected Amounts of Mass Just Before Going Supernova

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Cambridge, Mass. — A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mass of material in the year prior to its explosion is challenging the standard theory of stellar…

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