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Bright Supernovae May Be Explained through Quark Stars Similar to neutron stars, quark stars are believed to be highly compact stellar objects that have been created during the supernova explosion of a relatively massive star. Theoretically, these objects may exist and could be formed only of elementary sub-atomic particles known as quarks, although none has been observe... 4 June 2008 03:27 GMT Strange White Dwarf Disguises in a Pulsar White dwarfs are believed to be the remnant of a stellar core, after a supernova explosion, which would slowly cool and evaporate as time goes by, but this theory might be soon scrapped as observations made with the Suzaku X-ray space telescope reveals a new type of white dwarf presenting some strange features that h... 3 January 2008 06:44 GMT