Five Of The Biggest, Baddest Supernova Varieties

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Supernovae are only rare to the passive stargazer, but if you’re an astronomer studying them, you get to see some of the most brilliant explosions in the universe. Here are five of the most significant supernovae known to science.

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General:
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1987A:
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1054:
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https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988ApJ...334..909M/abstract
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2007bi:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08579
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJ...342..364M/abstract
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/734/2/102
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1006:
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/51/5/5.27/206961
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11447
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/319535
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/447/3/2803/987269

2016aps:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1066-7
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/244

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Five Of The Biggest, Baddest Supernova Varieties

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