Caption: Following the discovery of supernova by the Swift Observatory, the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory was focused on the exploding star by a team led by UW-Madison astronomer David Pooley. The new-found supernova, the first ever to be caught in the act of exploding, is in a galaxy known as NGC 2770, about 90 million light years from Earth.
Photo by: courtesy NASA / Chandra Science Team/David Pooley
Date: 2008
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Caption: On January 9, 2008, NASA's Swift Observatory captured a bright X-ray burst from an exploding star. A few days later, SN 2008D appeared in visible light.
Photo by: courtesy NASA/Swift Science Team/Stefan Immler
Date: 2008
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Caption: On January 9, 2008, NASA's Swift Observatory captured a bright X-ray burst from an exploding star. A few days later, SN 2008D appeared in visible light.
Photo by: courtesy NASA/Swift Science Team/Stefan Immler
Date: 2008
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