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Exploded Star the Brightest Ever Seen

The Washington Post: Astronomers have spotted a cataclysmic explosion that marked the death of a huge, distant star in a blast five times as bright and powerful as any they had seen previously. They said yesterday that a similar fate may be imminent for a star in Earth's galactic neighborhood.


Posted by Physics Today on May 8, 2007 10:31 AM |

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