http://www.newscloud.com/section/nova Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Something_New_In_The_Universe_Mysterious_Object_Flares_Brightly_Then_Fades_Away Humans have been star-gazing for thousands of years but the surprises keep coming. Recently, members of the Supernova Cosmology Project, one of the two groups that ten years ago told the world about the existence of "dark energy," announced the observation of a mysterious object that grew increasingly bright for about 100 days then faded away to nothing over the next 100 days. Astronomers have never reported anything like it before and still don't know what it was.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Exploding_star_caught_in_the_act_BBC Astronomers have been able to capture and record the first moments when a massive star blows itself apart.

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