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Nature 442, 992-994 (31 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442992a; Published online 30 August 2006
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Astrophysics: Shock breakout caught on camera
Timothy R. Young1
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What exactly is the relationship between bursts of cosmic 
-rays and the stellar explosions known as supernovae? Intimate, it seems: highly magnetic neutron stars might even have spawned both.
Four papers in this issue1, 2, 3, 4 present the first sightings of a remarkable cosmic event: the evolution of a hugely energetic -ray burst into a fully fledged stellar explosion — a supernova. It's the first time these two phenomena have been observed with the same telescope, NASA's satellite-based Swift telescope, and the implication of a common origin for both is intriguing.
- Timothy R. Young is in the Department of Physics, University of North Dakota, PO Box 7129, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, USA. Email: tim_young@und.nodak.edu
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