A supernova —
the violent death of a massive star — had erupted in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, only 160,000 light - years away.
Not exact matches
It and other operational observatories are already looking for ripples from the
violent death throes
of massive stars and from collisions
of city - size orbs
of degenerate matter called neutron
stars.
Most gamma - ray bursts are believed to signal the
violent death of rapidly spinning,
massive stars.