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Super supernova breaks the rules

Bright explosion puts oddball stars in the spotlight.

A particularly brilliant supernova has cast a shadow on a basic assumption about the Universe — one that has helped astronomers get a handle on everything from the distance of stars to the rate at which the universe is expanding.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on September 20, 2006 06:53 PM |

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