... Astronomers Demonstrate a Global Internet Telescope . ... European and US radio astronomers have demonstrated a new way of observing the Universe – through the Internet! ... This allows imaging of the objects with unprecedented detail, and in real-time, which would have been impossible only a few years ago. ... Surrounded by clouds of dusty gas and emitting strongly in radio waves, the object is poised at the end of its life, heading toward a cataclysmic explosion known as a 'supernova'. ...