WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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.
Astronomers were observing SN 2007uy when they...
On January 9, researchers from Princeton University pointed NASA's Swift satellite in the direction of the NGC 2770 galaxy, hopping to the see afterglow of a supernova explosion known as SN 2007uy, which had occurred only one month before....
The death of the star has been witnessed as it occurred for the first time. Galaxies typically host a supernova only once or twice every century, making it nearly impossible to record one as it turns into a fleeting supernova that will shine...
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Astronomers happened to be looking at the moment a star exploded (Image: NASA/Princeton U/Gemini Observatories)
Talk about right place, right time. Quite by chance, astronomers have captured footage of a star blowing itself to...
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