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The Last Supernova Anyone on Earth Has Ever Seen

The last time anyone on Earth watched a star explode in our own galaxy, it was the autumn of sixteen oh four. No one has seen one since. On the ninth of October, a brilliant new star appeared low in the evening sky.

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