From Seattle, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society
TYPECASTING. X-ray portrait of the remnant of Kepler’s supernova reveals that the stellar explosion was type 1a, meaning it started as a white dwarf. Reynolds, et al., NASA, CXC
In 1604, an assistant to the astronomer Johannes Kepler discovered an object that shone brighter than any star in the heavens.
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