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Transient class · Light + gamma rays

Hypernova

An exceptionally energetic core-collapse explosion of a very massive star, releasing far more kinetic energy than an ordinary supernova. Hypernovae from rapidly-rotating collapsars are thought to power the long gamma-ray bursts.

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