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Death of a star: Astronomers get grandstand view of supernova (AFP)

This image obtained from NASA, taken by equipment on board the Chnadra X-ray Observatory, shows a young, oxygen-rich supernova remnant with a pulsar at its center surrounded by outflowing material in 2001. Astronomers on Wednesday said they had witnessed for the first time how a dying star erupted into a supernova, one of the mightiest yet most elusive sights in the Universe.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had witnessed for the first time how a dying star erupted into a supernova, one of the mightiest yet most elusive sights in the Universe.


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