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The star that would not die

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An event that initially resembled an ordinary supernova explosion continued to erupt brightly for more than 600 days. Standard theoretical models cannot explain the event's properties. See Letter p.210

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Figure 1: A pulsational pair-instability supernova.

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Woosley, S. The star that would not die. Nature 551, 173–174 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/551173a

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