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On January 9, 2008, NASA's Swift observatory caught a bright X-ray burst from an exploding star. Carnegie-Princeton fellows Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger were on hand to witness this first of its kind event. A few days later, SN 2008D appeared in visible light. (Image courtesy NASA/Swift Science Team/Stefan Immler.)

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