An amateur astronomer captured an impossible photo of an exploding star

An amateur astronomer captured an impossible photo of an exploding star

While taking a series of short-exposure photographs to test his 16-inch telescope, Argentinian amateur astronomer Victor Buso caught the image of an initial burst of light from an exploding star in a distant galaxy. It was a remarkable discovery. The chances of such a discovery are one in 10 million—or perhaps even one in 100…