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Turning off the lights

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Decades-long repeat observations of supernova 1987A offer us unique, real-time insights into the violent death of a massive star and its long-term environmental effects, until its eventual switch-off.

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Figure 1: The remains of the day.

NASA, ESA, AND R. KIRSHNER (HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS)

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  1. Richard de Grijs is at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Lu 5, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China. He is also at the International Space Science Institute-Beijing, No.1 Nanertiao, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China,

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