1.0 link 102959 <![CDATA[Star's Supernova Death Witnessed By Scientists (PICTURE)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/21/stars-supernova-death-wit_n_102959.html Supernovas, when a star dies and explodes in an extraordinary fashion, produce some of the most spectacular images to be seen in the sky. Scientists were lucky enough to capture images of this supernova at the very beginning of it's death, and they were able to record the supernova in real-time:

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...
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