An Extremely Luminous X-ray Outburst
at the Birth of a Supernova


Soderberg et al., 2008, Nature,  453, 469-474
(arxiv:0802.1712)




"We were at the right place, at the right time, with the right telescope, and witnessed history...."


SN 2008D seen with Swift/XRT
(Image courtesy of NASA)

Read about our "once in a lifetime discovery" : Princeton Press Release

Reported widely by the international media: New York Times,  BBC News National Geographic, Scientific American, see also Bad Astronomy and a nice piece in in the New York Times Editorial Section

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Want to know more?  Download the Supplementary Information (930 KB)

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