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Wolf–Rayet stars
April 10 , 2021
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- Indian astronomers have tracked a rare supernova explosion.
- They have traced it to one of the hottest sets of stars called Wolf-Rayet stars or WR stars.
- Supernovae are powerful and luminous stellar explosions in the Universe releasing a monstrous amount of energy.
- Long-term monitoring of these transients opens the door to understand the nature of the exploding star as well as the explosion properties.
- It can also help enumerate the number of massive stars.
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