Alicia M. Soderberg
... that the detection of supernova SN 2008D on January 9, 2008, by Alicia M. Soderberg using data from NASA's Swift X-ray space telescope marked the first time a supernova was observed as it occurred?
... that the detection of <a href="./Supernova" id="mwC_M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supernova">supernova</a> <a href="./SN_2008D" id="mwC_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SN 2008D">SN 2008D</a> on <span about="#mwt62" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Nowrap","href":"./Template:Nowrap"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"January 9"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwC_U" typeof="mw:Transclusion">January 9</span>, 2008, by <b id="mwC_Y"><a href="./Alicia_M._Soderberg" id="mwC_c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alicia M. Soderberg">Alicia M. Soderberg</a></b> using data from <a href="./NASA" id="mwC_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <i id="mwC_k"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Swift_Gamma-Ray_Burst_Mission" id="mwC_o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission">Swift</a></i> <a href="./X-ray" id="mwC_s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="X-ray">X-ray</a> <a href="./Space_telescope" id="mwC_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space telescope">space telescope</a> marked the first time a supernova was observed as it occurred?