Birth of a supernova

"Very, very cool news today: for the first time in history, astronomers
have unambiguously observed the exact moment when a star explodes."

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/

Also:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7413160.stm
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/05/21/ten-minutes-of-x-rays-tell-of-a-supernova-in-the-making
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/05/21/supernova.birth.seen.first.time

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