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World Service,3 mins

Supernova explosion captured by telescopes

Newsday

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For the first time scientists have recorded the magnetic field emissions from a supernova, the massive explosion that occurs when a star dies and becomes a black hole. Carole Mundell, Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy & Head of Physics at the University of Bath, speaks to Ben James.

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