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Showing posts with label Multi-tasking Supernova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Multi-tasking Supernova. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

Multi-tasking Supernova: stellar explosion galaxy far-off


Nature hath no fury like a dying star - and astronomers could not be happier...
An international research team, led by Edo Berger of Harvard University, made the most of a dying star's passion to probe a distant galaxy some 9.5 billion light-years distant. The dying star, which lit the galactic scene, is the MOST distant stellar explosion of its kind ever Studied. According To Berger, "It's like someone turned on a flashlight in a dark room and allowed us to see suddenly, for a short time, what this far-off galaxy looks like, what it is composed of."