Scientists find answer to supernova riddle

• From: AFP
• December 15, 2011 7:39AM

The discovery of a newly-burst supernova may reveal how the phenomena is created.

• Supernova created 20.9m light years from Earth
• Scientists got a "close-up look" at its birth
• "We found things nobody had dreamed of."

THE discovery of a supernova only hours after its explosion has probably solved a long-standing mystery on the origin of the brightest known phenomena in the Universe.

On August 24, scientists witnessed the spectacular eruption of light and energy thrown off by the birth of SN 2011fe, the brightest and - at a mere 20.9 million light years away - closest-to-Earth supernova in over 25 years.

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