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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
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"I am the death of a star so violent that I briefly outshine an entire galaxy. I scatter the atoms that make up planets and people across the cosmos. What am I?"
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Answer: A Supernova. A supernova is the explosive death of a massive star. For days or weeks it can outshine the entire galaxy containing it. The explosion scatters heavy elements — including the atoms that make up planets, and the iron in your blood — throughout space.
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