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Caught For The First Time: The Early Flash Of An Exploding Star
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/Kep...exploding-star
Amazing!
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