Australian scientists discover fast-burning cocooned supernova

For the first time scientists have witnessed a star buried deep inside a thick layer of gas and dust explode into a supernova, adding to the list of ways stars can die. Australian scientists witnessed the event — which took place 10 times faster than typical supernovae — while using the optical instruments aboard the Kepler Spacecraft. The cocooned supernova occurred some 1.3 billion light years from Earth.

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