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by zethus 922 days ago
Some stars survive supernovae, and are known as zombie stars [1]. One believed example is SN2012Z [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_star

[2] https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3bbd/...

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Here I was thinking "zombie star" was another term for ANY stellar remnant like a white dwarf or neutron star.
Neat! Thanks for sharing! Space is crazy :)