Cataclysmic nuclear explosion in a white dwarf star

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Learned: Tico Brahæ his astronomicall coniectur of the new and much admired [star] which appered in the year 1572.

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Learned: Tico Brahæ his astronomicall coniectur of the new and much admired [star] which appered in the year 1572.