Friday, May 23, 2008

Death of a star


Back in January, Astronomers detected a Supernova in the NGC 2770 Galaxy. But, you say, Astronomers know of tons of supernovas, why is this one special? Because Astronomers were actually were to observe this star as it went supernova. There is a great write-up of the event and its importance of at the Bad Astronomy Blog.

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