Whoa!  Supernoa are some of the most amazing events in the cosmos and they have a way of detecting them as of the last 10 years or so that is light years ahead (no pun intended) 😉 of previous methods:

The rapid response system of the Very Large Telescope in Chile goes after fleeting gamma ray bursts, courtesy of ESOCast.

Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic events in the Universe, but some appear curiously faint in visible light. The biggest study to date of these so-called dark gamma-ray bursts, using the GROND instrument on the 2.2-meter MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla in Chile, has found that these gigantic explosions don’t require exotic
explanations. Their faintness is now fully explained by a combination of causes, the most important of which is the presence of dust between the Earth and the explosion.

Let’s find out more how they can detect them and check out some amazing pics in the video on page 2

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