![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20091025073825im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Rare Radio Supernova in Nearby Galaxy is Nearest Supernova in Five Years
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May 27, 2009
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The chance discovery last month of a rare radio supernova--an exploding star seen only at radio wavelengths and undetected by optical or X-ray telescopes--underscores the promise of new, more sensitive radio surveys to find supernovas hidden by gas and dust. A new survey of the radio sky by the Allen Telescope Array promises to discover more radio supernovas and give a better idea of the rate of star formation in dusty galaxies.
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