Scientists win 'astronomy lottery,' see star's explosive death

Thursday, May 22, 2008

WASHINGTON -- In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.

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