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	Top 10 Most Important Supernovae
clip-on-tie
8-10-2009 12:23 PM
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"No celestial event stresses the universe's gulfs of distance and time more than a supernova. These dying stars can burn as bright as a billion suns, outshining whole galaxies and releasing the very energy and materials required to give birth to new cosmic bodies."
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8-10-2009 3:16 PM
smellydiaper
i know, amazing isn't it. Most people don't realize that when they look at the stars they are just now seeing the light that left them before the dinosaurs roamed.

Now that's time travel !
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<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>9. Tycho's Supernova (SN 1572)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-04.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-04.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-04.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="470" border="0" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/kepler-625x470.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>8. Kepler's Supernova (SN 1604)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-05.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-05.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-05.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="410" border="0" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/andromeda-625x410.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>7. S Andromedae (SN 1885A)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-06.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-06.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-06.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="490" border="0" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/sn1987-625x490.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>6. A Light in the Large Magellanic Cloud (SN 1987A)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-07.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-07.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-07.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="360" border="0" alt="" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/champagne-625x360.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>5. Champagne Supernova in the Sky (SN 2003fg)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-08.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-08.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-08.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="500" border="0" alt="" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/sn2006gy-625x500.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>4. Death of a Cosmic Titan (SN 2006gy)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-09.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-09.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-09.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="400" border="0" alt="" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/twin-625x400.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>3. Twin Supernovae (SN 2007ck and SN 2007co)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-10.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-10.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-10.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="500" border="0" alt="" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/g1903-625x500.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>2. The Young Remnants (G1.9+0.3)</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-11.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-11.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-11.html"><DIV class="clear clearfix floatRight" id="photo"><IMG width="625" height="400" border="0" alt="" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/cooke-625x400.jpg" /></DIV>
<DIV id="articleText"><P><STRONG>1. Old-school Supernovae</STRONG></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/"><P>Needless to say, when one of these explosions comes to our attention, we tend to take notice.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/"> Get to know a few with "<A href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/star.htm">How Stars Work</A>" at HowStuffWorks.com.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/14582A33-CB5A-4407-B59E-F6E13F2E86C2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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