Exploding star caught in the act
- added May 22, 2008
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- Callie2
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Astronomers have been able to capture and record the first moments when a massive star blows itself apart.
After decades of searching, researchers have used the world's top telescopes to observe the remarkable event.
Previously, scientists had only been able to study these "supernovas" several days after the event.
The results, published in the journal Nature, show that within two hours of the blast, a giant fireball scattered radioactive debris across space.
After decades of searching, researchers have used the world's top telescopes to observe the remarkable event.
Previously, scientists had only been able to study these "supernovas" several days after the event.
The results, published in the journal Nature, show that within two hours of the blast, a giant fireball scattered radioactive debris across space.
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There's a video animation of this event at the link. Incredible. -
Simply spectacular
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Also, there's a discrepancy in the story [shame on you BBC] where it states 'Previously, scientists had only been able to study these "supernovas" several days after the event'. Scientists have never been able to study supernovas several days after the explosion/event as the light from the blast often takes millions of years to reach us.
Maybe it should have been a few million years + 2 ... -
There's no such thing as outer space.
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- joshuaheller
- 2 months ago
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damn right, all these lil exploding beauties have blown it to smithereens.
pretty f*ckin cool if u ask me. -
Metal \m/
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Very cool
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- Enjoy_Cannabis
- 1 month ago
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