Fireball in space: Astronomers capture images of a star going nova

You don’t see this every day. For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a nova very soon after the stellar explosion flared into existence and have tracked the fireball's dramatic expansion into space.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/ac1rMyOiQZU/la-sci-sn-nova-star-explosion-mt-wilson-20141027-story.html