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Rare discovery at the bottom of the sea could be evidence of 'supernova graveyard'

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Astronomer: Supernovas make tiny specks of rocks that can literally rain upon the Earth .

By analyzing samples from the deep sea, researchers have found a unique variety of radioactive plutonium that appears to be debris from a rare breed of cosmic explosion called a kilonova .

With more soil, Brian Fields and his colleagues hope to verify that this explosion happened.

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