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Resolving the explosion of supernova 2023ixf in Messier 101 within its complex circumstellar environment

Resolving the explosion of supernova 2023ixf in Messier 101 within its complex circumstellar environment

Observing a supernova explosion shortly after it occurs can reveal important information about the physics of stellar explosions and the nature of the progenitor stars of supernovae (SNe). When a star with a well-defined edge explodes in vacuum, the first photons to escape from its surface appear as a brief …