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Portrait of a doomed star

Some stars explode in thermonuclear supernovae, but understanding of why this occurs comes mainly from indirect clues. Now, the progenitor of a member of a strange class of such explosions may have been detected directly. See Letter p.54

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Justham, S. Portrait of a doomed star. Nature 512, 34–35 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/512034a

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