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A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic and ...

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The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.