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Scientists found evidence of a whole new way for stars to die

An international team of astrophysicists set out to investigate the origins of a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) and stumbled upon a long-hypothesized but never-before-observed type of star death.

Most GRBs originate from exploding stars or neutron star mergers, but the newly observed example came from a GRB designated 191019A that formed when stars or stellar remnants in the environment surrounding a supermassive black hole collided near the core of an ancient galaxy.

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Interestingengineering Scientists found evidence of a whole new way for stars to die A recently-observed gamma-ray burst points to a long-hypothesized but never-before-observed way for large stars to die.
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