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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?"
Answer
A Supernova
Explanation
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.
This is a medium riddle in the Science category — Riddles about physics, space, biology and the laws of the universe.
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