Supernova 1987A was a "failed supernova" twenty thousand years before its jet-driven explosion

arXiv:2608.24801 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-25 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-28

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