Look Up! It's A Star In The Midst Of A Violent, Bright Death September 8, 2011 by EYDER PERALTA
Something violent is going on the night sky, right now. And scientists studying the phenomenon said yesterday that with a pair good binoculars or a telescope you can see a star in its final throes causing a spectacular explosion called a supernova. Even though the star is 21 million light years away from Earth, the explosion is the closest and brightest astronomers have found in decades. Today will be its brightest night. ... http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/08/140285854/look-up-its-a-star-in-the-midst-of-a-violent-bright-death Supernova 'brightens up' 7-8 September http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/110907.html _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
