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Find out how a black dwarf star can explode even without a fuel source. ISU Astrophysicist Matt Caplan says maybe what happens once all the stars have burned out quadrillions of years from now won't be cold dead and silent. Plus, 273 ISU students have tested positive for the Coronavirus after a little more than a week of classes. ISU President Larry Dietz tells you how he'll decide whether to close the campus. Some students remain in Normal even though all their classes are online. Hear why. And an ISU bio-mathmetician says being right about his projections last spring of infection rates is bittersweet.

John Murray is an intern at WGLT. John is a student at Illinois State University's School of Communication.