Thursday, September 02, 2010

New Hubble Observations of Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave

In the 2 September 2010 Inbox Astronomy NewsCenter Update ..."An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope reports a significant brightening of the emissions from Supernova 1987A. The results, which appear in this week's Science magazine, are consistent with theoretical predictions about how supernovae interact with their immediate galactic environment."

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