From the Australian News Online
WASHINGTON: A massive star about 150 times the size of the Sun has exploded in what is the brightest supernova ever seen.
The extraordinary discovery, announced yesterday by NASA, prompted astronomers to suggest a similar fate could be imminent for a star in Earth's galactic area.
If that nearer star, named Eta Carinae, blows up like the one just discovered, they said, it could possibly spew dangerous radiation in Earth's direction. But The Washington Post reported it was more likely to erupt into the most luminous star in our sky - visible during the day and bright enough to let people read unaided at night, perhaps for months.
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