Birth cry of a supernova

oldfield

http://www.badastronomy.com/babl ... cry-of-a-supernova/

mca

This article is very well written, in language easily digested by the public. Equally intertesting is long list of reader's commments.

The discovery of this SN2008D is related to Dr. 江國興
http://www.nthu.edu.tw/newsphoto/97news/hotnews-970522.php

Cheers to Kwong.

Alan Chu

mca

一點感想

SN2008D ( Ib / Ic 型超新星) 的發現，除了科學上的意義之外，還有「國際合作」的意義。十天前的汶川地震完全表露人類在災難時互相援助的本性 (共富貴時則很難說)，今次超新星的發現是另一次人類互相合作的成果。但願那些只懂喊口號「外國人也行，我們中國人也行 …」的人，思想開放些吧。

AC

mca

This is the SN2008D news released by NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/godd ... wift_supernova.html

mca

Also this in Nature magazine
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/news.2008.847.html