NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a Star Going 'Kaboom!'

Source: NASA

Quite by chance, astronomers have captured footage of a star blowing itself to smithereens. For the first time astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite have seen a star actually blow up. (read more)

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