Observationally, a key distinction between a white dwarf supernova and a massive-star supernova is that the spectrum of a massive-star supernova shows prominent hydrogen lines, while the spectrum of a white dwarf supernova does not. Why don't we see prominent hydrogen lines in the spectrum of a white dwarf supernova?
A) White dwarf supernovae occur so far away that their hydrogen lines become too dim to see.
B) During a white dwarf supernova, all the white dwarf's hydrogen fuses instantly to make helium.
C) White dwarfs are stellar corpses that contain little or no hydrogen, so they do not show hydrogen lines when they explode.
D) The hydrogen lines of white dwarf supernovae are so redshifted that we cannot detect them.
C) White dwarfs are stellar corpses that contain little or no hydrogen, so they do not show hydrogen lines when they explode.
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