968K views · 8.5K shares | Nasa has shown us what an exploding star looks like for the first time ever | The Independent | Facebook

Astronomers just watched a star explode – and saw its insides exposed. For the first time in history, scientists got a direct look inside a star at the moment it went supernova – revealing inner layers that had, until now, only existed in theory. A massive star 2.2 billion light-years away reached the end of its life and exploded in a brilliant burst of light. But something was off. When researchers analyzed the spectrum of light from the explosion, they didn’t see the usual lighter elements lik

The brilliant flash of an exploding star's shockwave has been captured for the first time in visible light by NASA's Kepler space telescope. http://yhoo.it/1WKkQ23 #Yahoo7 | 7NEWS Australia

458K views · 8.1K reactions | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration has seen the flash of an exploding star for the first time | Sky News | Facebook