Colliding White Dwarfs Caused a Powerful Supernova

There are a few ways that stars can go kaboom, and each variant is different enough that astronomers can figure out what kind of object detonated as a supernova. But when a bizarre explosion was detected last year, it left astronomers puzzled. Now, it looks like SN 2006gz might have been caused by two white dwarfs colliding together.
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