Possible new class of supernovae puts calcium in your bones

Astronomers have discovered several examples of an unusual type of exploding star that may be a new class of supernovae spewing calcium into the galaxy, which eventually ends up in all of us. Researchers studied one supernova detected in 2005, and concluded that it resulted from the thermonuclear explosion of a helium layer on a low mass white dwarf.

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