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"Astronomers spot exploding faraway star" - 5/9/2007 3:10:10 AM

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"Astronomers spot exploding faraway star"

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Tue May 8, 5:51 AM ET

" WASHINGTON - A massive exploding faraway star — the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen — has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to Earth sometime soon.
The discovery, announced Monday by NASA, drew oohs and aahs for months from the handful of astronomers who peered through telescopes to see the fuzzy remnants of the spectacular explosion after it was first spotted last fall.

Using a variety of Earth and space telescopes, astronomers found a giant exploding star that they figure has shined about five times brighter than any of the hundreds of supernovae ever seen before, said discovery team leader Nathan Smith of the University of California at Berkeley. The discovery was first made last September by a graduate student in Texas. "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070508/ap_on_sc/supernova;_ylt=AjjTwJdw5nBoWtNQLfZowKUPLBIF

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RE: "Astronomers spot exploding faraway star" - 5/9/2007 5:12:31 AM

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Since these events occur so far away it might already have happened. So look out for a bright light in the sky any time from 50K to 200Mega years from now !

happy start gazing.

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RE: "Astronomers spot exploding faraway star" - 5/9/2007 5:50:00 AM

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It would be so cool to have a supernova at a close enough distance that we could see it clearly but without us all dying or getting sick. Imagine the aurorae too from the radiation!

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