BANG. Astronomers serendipitously found the supernova SN 2008d, located in the galaxy NGC 2770, through X-ray observations (labeled as XRF080109). This observation marks the first finding of signs of a stellar explosion emitted so soon after a star's demise. The two other supernovas labeled here were found in this galaxy last year and in 1999.
Credit: A. de Ugarte Postigo/ESO et al, Dark Cosmology Centre/Univ. of Copenhagen, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), and Univ. of Hertfordshire
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