Kepler’s surprise: Planet hunter also found supernovas
Now-defunct telescope captured five stellar explosions as they happened
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SUPERNOVA SPOTTER NASA’s Kepler space telescope, illustrated here, did more than just find planets. New research shows that it discovered at least five explosions of giant stars.
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