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What types of stars end their lives with supernovae?

Answer 1

Any star more massive than 8 Suns will go supernova.

You can bet that a star with 10 or more solar masses will eventually go supernova. This cutoff is slightly dependent on the metallicity of the star, or the fraction of atoms that aren't hydrogen and helium (to astronomers, "meatals" are elements heavier than Helium).

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Answer 2

Hazel Asher

Supernovae are the violent explosions that occur when massive stars, usually those that have at least eight times the mass of the Sun, run out of nuclear fuel and collapse under their own gravity.

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