Boom! Doomed Stellar Pair Will Go Supernova | Video

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The two white dwarf stars of planetary nebula Henize 2-428 will be drawn ever closer together over the next 700 million years, ultimately obliterating one another in a type 1A supernova. -- Full Story: http://goo.gl/F10BFU

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