Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a star at the very moment it exploded as a supernova. This supernova, in a nearby galaxy, produced a burst of X-rays that lasted 10 minutes and signaled the death of the star. Soon, telescopes around the world focused in on this event to capture X-rays, radio waves and visible light from the dying star.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Astronomers Capture Star Exploding!
Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a star at the very moment it exploded as a supernova. This supernova, in a nearby galaxy, produced a burst of X-rays that lasted 10 minutes and signaled the death of the star. Soon, telescopes around the world focused in on this event to capture X-rays, radio waves and visible light from the dying star.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Order up a Starscape...
With telescope.org you can now logon to a free account, peruse the night sky with a telescope based in Tenerife, Spain & request celestial images in realtime, although it will take a few days before you receive the high res. image in your inbox...This is really kool.
Friday, February 15, 2008
New Solar System.
Astronomers said Wednesday that they had found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light-years across the galaxy — the first planetary system that really looks like our own.
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