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Martin was 640 light-years from Earth. Moments ago he witnessed the star, Betelgeuse, go supernova. “Beautiful, isn’t it?†the being known only as The Guide, asked him in a calm androgynous voice. The red supergiant’s chromosphere and mass ejecting outward into space as its core collapsed in
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