NASA's Kepler captures early flash of an exploding star
NASA has for the first time caught on camera the flash of an exploding star’s shockwave.
NASA's Kepler space telescope captured this star which is nearly 300 times the size of the sun.
Astronomers analyzed light from numerous galaxies and 50 trillion stars to eventually catch on camera one such shockwave from the explosive death of a star.
Although the star is 1.2 billion light years away, it is still among the stars which are closest to our planet.
When a star goes supernova, it gives off a brilliant flash of energy known as a "shock breakout".
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