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Astro_Bot
20-02-2014, 06:07 PM
New research, reported recently, shows that the Supernova Cassiopeia A, light from which first reached us in 1671, "sloshily" collapsed and unevenly blew apart:

Sloshed Cassiopeia star caught on cam just before supernova blast (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/19/nustar_shows_cassiopeia_star_gettin g_sloshed_before_going_supernova/)

There's even an animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okKSiiqgg_Y) on YouTube.