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    ‘The Cow’ puzzles astronomers

    Apr 10, 2019 2 minutes
    ELIZABETH HOWELL

    ASTRONOMERS AT THE WINTER have proposed contrasting scenarios to explain a strange celestial blast spotted last year. Did a medium-mass black hole tear a white dwarf apart, or are we seeing a new type of supernova?

    The robotic Asteroid Terrestrial-impact

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