Top 10 Most Important Supernovae


	Top 10 Most Important Supernovae
JohnWaterman
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.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://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dc34abe9-9073-41a8-a509-aa82304313fc/0992F4E1-E3C2-4132-A02F-661FCFE5E11A/" 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/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/7B3040C0-FF36-4B98-B0BF-14056DA37EB4" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" /></div></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/"><P>A woman stands small and exposed beneath a clear night sky. As she gazes up at the vast mist of stars, one point suddenly burns immeasurably brighter. She may not realize it, but this pinprick of brilliance hails from the furthermost reaches of our Milky Way Galaxy: <A href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/wide-angle/massive-cosmic-explosions.html">a distant exploding star</A>. It has taken nearly a hundred millennia for this light to speed across the void, a vision of the ancient past finally glimpsed by human eyes.</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/"><P>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.</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/"><P>Needless to say, when one of these explosions comes to our attention, we tend to take notice.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.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-02.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-02.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-02.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/76D6049F-5E9A-4454-B994-6E21A07EB287" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" /></div></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/index-02.html"><STRONG>10. The Guest Star (SN 185)</STRONG></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/index-02.html">Astronomers estimate that supernovae occur in the <A href="http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-news-milky-way-shape.html">Milky Way Galaxy</A> a mere two or three times a century</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.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-03.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/top-10-supernovae/index-03.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-03.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/40570585-6557-4603-A7B9-FF4D6BA08757" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" /></div></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/index-03.html"><STRONG>9. Tycho's Supernova (SN 1572)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.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-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 align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/5626ABD6-7187-4D6E-B07B-83EC5988E335" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" /></div></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/index-04.html"><STRONG>8. Kepler's Supernova (SN 1604)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.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-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 align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/52403382-5762-4F2E-B21A-DF9216DA0CDD" alt="argonne supernova simulation supercomputer" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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