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The Most Poisonous Supernova Explosion Ever
The star maintains its size by the fact that there's all this energy going out. This dead iron core starts pulling everything back in. And at this point, all of that stuff which is headed inwards. Starts rubbing against each other, and it starts getting real hot. All of a sudden, you get the supernova. That was the most pathetic supernova explosion I had ever had. Can you put in a sound effect to make it sound like that? You have to put in a much bigger, it's actually our specialty. So even though we know there are no sounds in space for the purposes of your enjoyment, we present to you, the Supernova.
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