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306 - Sister Supernovae and Ancient Human Mixing

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Show Notes

On today’s episode: Astronomers have discovered a first: sister supernovae. Our ancestors had their eye on more hominins than we originally thought. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars | Live Science Shared cloud interactions unveil a candidate binary-system supernova pair with no known analogue | Nature New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors - Berkeley News

CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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