I've been WRONG about Supernovas my Entire Career

Massive stars end their existence in a blaze of glory called a supernova. What are those last moments like? And why does it end in a supernova?

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SOURCES

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/nucbin2.html
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article-abstract/63/7/653/593789/The-atomic-nuclide-with-the-highest-mean-binding
https://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/dfino/2005/6/Notes02_3263.pdf
https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1960ApJ...132..565H
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.29.547
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/genesismission/gm2/mission/pdf/Giantstars.pdf
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/m/main+sequence+lifetime
https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.2318
https://web.archive.org/web/20150506032339/http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/rbc/a534/lec26.pdf
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IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS

Supernova Explosion:
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Ring Nebula:
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TIME CODES

00:00 Intro
00:29 Which stars end with a supernova?
02:08 Stellar Core Structure
03:50 Nuclear Binding Energy
05:55 Exothermic vs Endothermic Fusion
06:26 The Final Moments
07:36 Photodisintegration
08:16 Why a supernova though?
09:36 Supporter Shoutouts
09:54 Featured Comment
10:13 Surprise Surprise!