Curtis McCully

1 articles · 20 co-authors · latest: 2026-05-15
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We have retold 1 papers by this author. most often about: supernova, supernova remnant, stellar evolution. 20 co-authors across our retellings.

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High Energy2026-05-152 minarXiv:2605.16487express
The Star That Exploded Twice
A light bulb that doesn't burn out but flares brighter and brighter until it blows the whole fixture apart. That's roughly how the most massive stars in the universe die. When a star's core heats up to billions of degrees, pairs of particles (electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons) begin to form.