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supernova (tip II)
An enormously bright, energetic, catastrophic explosion that occurs at the end of the lifetime of a massive star whose core collapses. A star must have at least nine times the mass of the Sun to undergo a core-collapse supernova. The extreme heat generated by the explosion makes elements heavier than iron, this is called supernova nucleosynthesis. See also r-process and s-process, and stellar nucleosynthesis.
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- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s): core-collapse supernova_₀
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- Industry/Domain: Astronomy
- Category: Planetary science
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