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ResearchThe above image is a snapshot of the density distribution inside a 25 solar mass, zero metal star ~ 5 hours after its explosion as a supernova. The mushroom-shaped fingers of dense material are composed almost entirely of oxygen, and are responsible for mixing the layers of this population III supernova, altering its nucleosynthetic yield. |
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