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NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae

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May 20, 2026 3 views
Original source: NASA

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 power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion. The ...