julianh72
22-03-2016, 03:23 PM
The brilliant flash of an exploding star’s shockwave—what astronomers call the “shock breakout”—has been captured for the first time in the optical wavelength or visible light by NASA's planet-hunter, the Kepler space telescope.
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The shock breakout itself lasts only about 20 minutes, so catching the flash of energy is an investigative milestone for astronomers.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/Kepler/caught-for-the-first-time-the-early-flash-of-an-exploding-star
Amazing!
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The shock breakout itself lasts only about 20 minutes, so catching the flash of energy is an investigative milestone for astronomers.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/Kepler/caught-for-the-first-time-the-early-flash-of-an-exploding-star
Amazing!