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A spectacular exploding supernova has been caught on camera for the first time by scientists. They spotted a burst of X-rays by chance while looking at another part of a distant galaxy, and managed to turn a variety of telescopes in the right direction just in time.
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Observation Of X-Rays From Birth Of Supernova Leads To All-Out Effort To Record Stellar Death
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 23, 2008 - The lucky capture in January of an X-ray outburst from the very beginning of a supernova allowed astronomers around the world to quickly follow up with ground-based telescopes and collect a wealth of new information on early processes in stellar explosions,...
Stellar Death Caught In The Act
Palomar Mountain CA (SPX) May 23, 2008 - Thanks to a fortuitous observation with NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers for the first time have caught a star in the act of exploding. Astronomers have previously observed thousands of stellar explosions, known as supernovae, but they have always seen...
Supernova Birth Seen For First Time
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 23, 2008 - Astronomers have seen the aftermath of spectacular stellar explosions known as supernovae before, but until now no one has witnessed a star dying in real time. While looking at another object in the spiral galaxy NGC 2770, using NASA's orbiting Swift telescope,...
Luck Reveals Stellar Explosion's First Moments
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 23, 2008 - Through a stroke of luck, astronomers have witnessed the first violent moments of a stellar explosion known as a supernova. Astronomers have seen thousands of these stellar explosions, but all previous supernovae were discovered days after the event had begun.
Scientists witness start of star's explosive death
In this image provided by NASA, seemingly out of nowhere, Supernova 2008D burst onto the scene on Jan. 9, 2008, as seen in ultraviolet images and X-ray images taken by NASA's Swift Satellite. On Jan. 9, astronomers used a NASA X-ray satellite to spy on a star already well into its death throes,...
Death of a star: Astronomers get grandstand view of supernova
AFP, PARIS - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had witnessed for the first time how a dying star erupted into a supernova, one of the mightiest yet most elusive sights in the Universe. Supernovae are massive stars that run out of fuel, collapse under the weight of their own gravity and become an...
Astronomical sight for stargazers
In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova. On January 9, astronomers used a Nasa X-ray satellite to spy on a star already well into its death throes, when...
Supernova Birth
Supernova Birth Seen For First Time Astronomers have seen the aftermath of spectacular stellar explosions known as supernovae before, but until now no one has witnessed a star dying in real time. While looking at another object in the spiral galaxy NGC 2770, using NASA’s orbiting Swift telescope,...
Scientists witness start of star's explosive death
In this image provided by NASA, seemingly out of nowhere, Supernova 2008D burst onto the scene on Jan. 9, 2008. On Jan. 9, astronomers used a NASA X-ray satellite to spy on a star already well into its death throes, when another star in the same galaxy started to explode. "A star exploded right...
Scientist Witnesses Supernova
WASHINGTON (AP) ― "A star exploded right before my eyes" -- the words of one astrophysicist who witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova. She says its like "winning the astronomy lottery." In January, astronomers used...
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