Multiple Choice
What produces a type-I supernova?
A) the collapse of the core of a massive star
B) the helium flash blows apart a giant's core
C) mass transfer onto a white dwarf pushing it over 1.4 solar masses
D) a nova igniting a helium flash in its red giant companion
E) the radioactive decay of nickel 56 into cobalt 56 into iron 56
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