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  • This artist's conception shows an "engine-driven" supernova explosion with accretion disk and high-velocity jets. Astronomers have discovered the first example of such an explosion detected not through gamma-rays, but through its radio emission.

    This artist's conception shows an "engine-driven" supernova explosion with accretion disk and high-velocity jets. Astronomers have discovered the first example of such an explosion detected not through gamma-rays, but through

    its radio emission.

    Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF
  • This artist's conception shows a normal core-collapse supernova explosion expelling a nearly-spherical debris shell.

    This artist's conception shows a normal core-collapse supernova explosion expelling a nearly-spherical debris shell.

    Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF