Carbon Detonation

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Carbon detonation is the process in which a white dwarf becomes a supernovae via a violent re-ignition of thermonuclear fusion. The white dwarf must be in a binary system with some sort of celestial object and as mass accumulates, the density gets so high that the entire carbon core fuses to heavier elements at once causing a type 1 supernovae. The more common supernovae is a type 2, in which the outer layers of a massive star detonate while its core implodes (for this to happen, the mass of the star needs to be between 1.5912e31 kilograms and 79.5600e31 kilograms). Hope you enjoyed that massive diffusion of information and hope you like the design! ;)

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