Scientists see big boom
May 30, 2008
Wow, that was an understatement!! Anyhow, earlier this year Alicia Soderberg and her team of astronomers were using NASA’s swift satellite to observe a supernova that just started. In a huge struck of luck, on January 9, another star went supernova and it just happened to be in their field of view.
For the first time ever has a group of scientists actually seen a star, to use highly scientific terms, go boom. Usually, astronomers are only able to detect a supernova a while after it has exploded, however this time they were able to see it from the beginning. Although this doesn’t have any real world application, it is just plain cool.
Check out the full scoop here.
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