# Srisurya Karthik Yadavalli Graduate Student ![Srisurya Karthik Yadavalli](/sites/g/files/omnuum6286/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/astronomy/files/niagara.jpg?itok=PDzDnwLx) location\_on Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 60 Garden Street, MS-10 Cambridge, MA 02138 email I study core-collapse supernovae – the violent explosions of massive stars when they reach the end of their life. These supernovae are so violent and bright that they can be seen across hundreds of megaparsecs from distant galaxies! Because this explosion happens when a star dies, it can be used to probe the details of how stars die and the unique processes that happen during stellar death.