Supernova shows secrets of its brightness
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 17:30
in Astronomy & Space
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 15 (UPI) -- A NASA orbiting telescope has observed the first evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas around the star, astronomers say.
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