BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

6b. The Supernova

STAR LIFE · the magnificent end
6b. The Supernova
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BRIGHTNESS outshines a whole galaxyFORGES the heavy elements

With an iron core and no fuel left, gravity wins in under a second: the core collapses, the star detonates, and for weeks one death outshines a hundred billion living stars. The blast forges and scatters heavy elements across space, gold, silver, iodine, the calcium in your bones. Supernovae are catastrophes only from up close; from a distance they are deliveries.

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