http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-184438 rgyoegf Tue, 19 May 2009 00:30:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-184438 Amazing. Do any of you think a creator made that. Amazing. Do any of you think a creator made that.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-122581 Blobs excited by hot flashes | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:11:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-122581 [...] of the exploding star. This "UV breakout" from the shock wave was well known to exist, but it has only been seen directly recently. This new observation gives us indirect evidence of it [...] [...] of the exploding star. This "UV breakout" from the shock wave was well known to exist, but it has only been seen directly recently. This new observation gives us indirect evidence of it [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-90825 groonk dot net » A Supernova is Born. This Time We Saw It! Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:43:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-90825 [...] When she got back from her talk, she logged onto the Swift archive to look at the data as it came in, and got a huge surprise. There was a second, new source of X-rays in the field of view… and it was incredibly bright. She quickly realized what she was seeing: a new supernova caught in the act, the X-ray flash of the shock breakout detected for the first time. She realized Swift had caught the birth of supernova 2008D as it was happening. [...] [...] When she got back from her talk, she logged onto the Swift archive to look at the data as it came in, and got a huge surprise. There was a second, new source of X-rays in the field of view… and it was incredibly bright. She quickly realized what she was seeing: a new supernova caught in the act, the X-ray flash of the shock breakout detected for the first time. She realized Swift had caught the birth of supernova 2008D as it was happening. [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-90824 Dembski, peer review and supernova « Open Parachute Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:03:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-90824 [...] by Ken on June 2, 2008 Bad Astronomy recently discussed (Birth cry of a supernova) the first time that “astronomers have unambiguously observed the exact moment when a star [...] [...] by Ken on June 2, 2008 Bad Astronomy recently discussed (Birth cry of a supernova) the first time that “astronomers have unambiguously observed the exact moment when a star [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-90823 sebas Tue, 27 May 2008 11:30:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-90823 Hi. (great blog, thanks!) I'd like to know if the "5 minutes" are the time that usually lasts the x-rays emission (I mean if the x-rays are that instantaneous), or if it is the detection time length? Hi. (great blog, thanks!)
I’d like to know if the “5 minutes” are the time that usually lasts the x-rays emission (I mean if the x-rays are that instantaneous), or if it is the detection time length?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-90822 » birth weep of a supernova yanns Mon, 26 May 2008 12:25:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-90822 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/comment-page-3/#comment-90821 ??? | ?? Mon, 26 May 2008 07:00:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/21/birth-cry-of-a-supernova/#comment-90821 [...] ?????????????????????????????????????????????????1?9???????NASA???Swift? ??????????NGC 2770??????????????2007uy?????????????????????X???????????8?????????????? ??????????????????SN 2008D?????X??????1000????10????10^39????????????????????Alicia Soderberg??“???????????”?Bad Astronomy?BBC?arstechnica???? [...] [...] ?????????????????????????????????????????????????1?9???????NASA???Swift? ??????????NGC 2770??????????????2007uy?????????????????????X???????????8?????????????? ??????????????????SN 2008D?????X??????1000????10????10^39????????????????????Alicia Soderberg??“???????????”?Bad Astronomy?BBC?arstechnica???? [...]

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