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A core collapse supernova. Within a massive, evolved star (a) the onion-layered shells of elements undergo fusion, forming an iron core (b) that reaches Chandrasekhar-mass and starts to collapse. The inner part of the core is compressed into neutrons (c), causing infalling material to bounce (d) and form an outward-propagating shock front (red). The shock starts to stall (e), but it is re-invigorated by a process that may include neutrino interaction. The surrounding material is blasted away (f), leaving only a degenerate remnant. Astrophysicists have some big unanswered questions areound what role neutrinos actually play. Image Credit: By Illustration by R.J. Hall. Redrawn in Inkscape by Magasjukur2 - File:Core collapse scenario.png, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12779311
